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HORSE

Term: HORSE HORSE is a mixed poker game that rotates or follows a fixed order through five different variants, includin…

Pocket Rockets

As the strongest starting hand, it holds an absolute advantage preflop, with at least 80% equity against any other hand…

Minimum Defense Frequency

In practice, MDF helps players balance their strategies between folding, calling, and raising, avoiding being too frequ…

Out Count

It is a core metric for evaluating the value and win rate of a draw, helping players decide whether it is worth calling…

Tree Building

Its core purpose is to assist in GTO Game Theory Optimal strategy research, helping players find balanced and unexploit…

All-In Protection

A tournament rule that ensures a player who is all-in cannot be eliminated from the tournament if another player wins t…

Dealer's Choice

Term: Dealer's Choice Dealer's Choice is a poker game rule where the player currently acting as dealer selects the spec…

Table Talk

The core purpose is to use casual conversation to interfere with opponents' judgment or hide your own information. In p…

Micro Stakes

01/$0.02 or NL5 blinds $0.02/$0.05. In practice, micro stakes is a low-risk environment for beginners to learn basic st…

Short-Handed Play

In practice, the core meaning of short-handed play is to use wider starting hand ranges and more aggressive betting fre…

Combos

In practice, combos are used to quantify the probability that an opponent holds a certain hand, helping players evaluat…

Hollywood

The core meaning is to use deliberate theatrics to conceal true hand strength or emotions—for example, feigning hesitat…

Nut Low

The best possible low hand in a split-pot poker game such as Omaha Hi-Lo, which cannot be beaten by any other low hand …

What is an A-Game in Poker?

A-Game

A-Game is your peak mental state for poker, not a strategy. It's the mindset where you play your best, free from tilt a…

Community Cards

Their core significance lies in establishing the common information base for each hand; players must adjust their strat…

Eight Game Mix

A poker tournament format that rotates through eight different variants, typically including Limit Hold'em, Omaha Hi-Lo…

Poker Hall of Fame

The Poker Hall of Fame is an institution that honors the greatest and most influential figures in the history of poker,…

Pot Geometry

Pot Geometry is a bet sizing strategy that structures bets on earlier streets to enable an all-in bet on a later street…

Rake Cap

The maximum amount of rake that a poker room can collect from a single hand, tournament entry, or time-based session.

Chip Advantage

Having a larger stack of chips than one or more opponents, which grants strategic leverage such as the ability to apply…

Cover

Cover refers to a situation where one player has more chips than another, allowing them to fully pay off the opponent's…

Down Cards

The private cards dealt face down to each player, which only that player can see, forming the foundation of their hand …

DriveHUD

DriveHUD is a real-time poker tracking and HUD Heads-Up Display software that analyzes opponents and displays statistic…

Dynamic Board

A dynamic board is a poker board texture that frequently changes in relative strength across streets, offering multiple…

Monotone Board

A board flop, turn, or river where all cards are of the same suit, creating a flush draw possibility for anyone holding…

Counterfeit

In lowball or split-pot games e.g., Omaha Hi-Lo, Razz, a counterfeit occurs when a community card duplicates a card in …

Deal Making

Deal making is the practice where remaining tournament participants agree to redistribute the prize pool before the tou…

Population Tendency

This concept helps players identify common mistakes or habits of opponents, allowing them to adjust their own strategie…

Pocket Cards

In poker, pocket cards refer to the two private cards dealt face down to each player at the start of a hand, known only…

Offsuit Connectors

g., 8♠7♦. Their main use is to build straight draws. Since the suits differ, they cannot form a flush, but the connecte…

Swap

A swap in poker is an agreement between two players to exchange a percentage of each other's winnings or losses over a …

Overlay

In practice, overlay creates positive expected value opportunities for players because the prize pool value exceeds the…

Bring-In

The Bring-In is the forced bet made by the player with the lowest exposed card on the first betting round in stud poker…

Run Good

In poker, 'Run Good' describes a period during which a player experiences favorable luck, consistently winning hands or…

Drop

The rake or commission taken by the cardroom or casino from each pot, usually as a percentage or fixed fee.

Grinder

Grinder A Grinder refers to a professional or semi-professional poker player who generates income by playing a high vol…

Rake Paid

Rake Paid refers to the total amount of rake commission a player has contributed in a poker session or over a specific …

Nitty

A poker player who plays extremely tight and passive, only entering pots with very strong hands and rarely bluffing.

Pure Strategy

Term: Pure Strategy A pure strategy refers to a player’s fixed choice of a single action in every possible situation, w…

Cooler

A cooler is a poker situation where a player holds a very strong hand but loses to an even stronger hand that their opp…

Deposit Bonus

Deposit Bonus is an extra bonus provided by online poker platforms to incentivize players for their first or subsequent…

Expanded Range

In poker, an expanded range refers to a player's hand range that is wider than their typical or default range, often ad…

Kelly Criterion

A mathematical formula used to determine the optimal size of a bet or investment to maximize long-term growth given a k…

Piece

In poker, 'piece' refers to a portion of the pot equity or a chip, often used informally to denote a player's share of …

Session Length

Session Length refers to the duration of a continuous poker playing session, typically measured in hours or hands, and …

CFR

Counterfactual Regret Minimization CFR is an iterative algorithm that computes a Nash equilibrium for games with imperf…

Overcard

An overcard is a hole card that ranks higher than any card on the board community cards or higher than an opponent's vi…

Redouble

A betting action in which a player doubles the current bet again after a previous double, typically found in limit poke…