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UTG Single Raised Pot Preflop Strategy

The approach to playing from the under-the-gun UTG position when the pot has been raised exactly once preflop, typicall…

UTG+1 100bb Push Fold

A strategy in no-limit hold'em where a player in the UTG+1 position with exactly 100 big blinds chooses only between sh…

UTG+1 15bb ICM Spot

A tournament poker situation where a player in the UTG+1 position has a stack of 15 big blinds and must make decisions …

UTG+1 3-Bet Pot Preflop Strategy

Strategy for playing from the UTG+1 position when facing a 3-bet or as the original raiser in a 3-bet pot preflop, focu…

UTG+1 River Float Static

A poker strategy where a player in the UTG+1 position employs a fixed, unchanging float range on the river, calling bet…

Small Blind Calling Station Frequency

A metric that measures how often the small blind player calls a raise or completes against a limp rather than folding o…

Small Blind Isolation Raise Range

The range of hands with which a player in the small blind raises to isolate a limping opponent, typically targeting the…

BTN 100bb Bubble Play

Refers to strategic decisions and actions taken by a player on the button with a 100 big blind stack during the bubble …

BTN 100bb ICM Spot

A tournament poker scenario where a player on the button with a 100 big blind stack must make a decision while consider…

BTN Preflop Cold Call Dry

A preflop action where a player on the button cold calls a raise with a hand that has limited postflop potential, often…

MP 10bb Push Fold

MP 10bb Push Fold refers to a poker tournament strategy where a player in middle position with approximately 10 big bli…

UTG 100bb Bubble Play

Refers to the strategic decisions and hand selection when playing from under the gun UTG with a 100 big blind stack on …

UTG 200bb Push Fold

A poker strategy concept that defines the game-theory optimal GTO or ICM-based decision to either move all-in or fold f…

UTG 20bb Steal

A raise from the Under the Gun position with a stack of 20 big blinds, aimed at winning the blinds and antes unconteste…

UTG Preflop Raise-Fold Rainbow

A preflop strategy where a player in the Under the Gun UTG position raises with an offsuit rainbow hand and then folds …

UTG+1 100bb Resteal

A 3-bet bluff from early position UTG+1 with a deep stack of 100 big blinds, targeting a late-position open-raiser's at…

UTG+1 Preflop Check-Fold Dry

A preflop strategy from the UTG+1 position where the player checks with a weak or marginal hand, intending to fold to a…

UTG+1 River Check-Fold Wet

A poker strategy where the player in the UTG+1 position checks and subsequently folds to a bet on a wet river board, of…

WTSD from UTG+1

The percentage of hands from the UTG+1 position (the player to the left of the big blind, also known as early position)…

Stealing Blinds

Stealing blinds is a poker strategy where a player in a late position typically the cutoff or button raises or re-raise…

UTG Fold-to-3bet Leak

A strategic weakness where a player in the Under the Gun UTG position folds too frequently to 3-bets, allowing opponent…

3Bet from UTG

A re-raise 3-bet made by the player in the Under the Gun UTG position, typically indicating a very strong hand range du…

BTN River Raise-Fold Paired

In poker, a button player raises on the river on a paired board and then folds to a re-raise or all-in, typically repre…

BTN on Dynamic Board

Refers to the strategic approach and considerations for the player on the button when the board texture is highly coord…

Limp from HJ

The act of entering a pot by merely calling the big blind from the hijack position two seats to the right of the button…

MP 100bb Push Fold

A simplified strategy in No-Limit Hold'em where the player in Middle Position MP either goes all-in or folds preflop wh…

MP 150bb Steal

A preflop raise from middle position with a deep stack of 150 big blinds intended to steal the blinds and antes, exploi…

MP 200bb Steal

A preflop raise from middle position intended to win the blinds and antes, typically with a relatively wide range, when…

MP 30bb Final Table

A poker tournament scenario where a player is in middle position with a stack of 30 big blinds at the final table.

MP Flop Single Raised Pot

A poker scenario where a player in middle position faces the flop in a pot that was opened with a single raise and no f…

MP River Flat Call Rainbow

A flat call made by a player in middle position on the river when the board is rainbow no three cards of the same suit.

MP River Isolation Raise Static

A poker strategy where a player in middle position raises on the river with a fixed static range to isolate a single op…

Squeeze from UTG

A squeeze play executed from the under-the-gun UTG position, typically via a limp-reraise line, where the UTG player li…

UTG 20bb Defense

UTG 20bb Defense refers to the strategy of defending the big blind when facing an open-raise from UTG under the gun whi…

UTG Preflop Cold Call Paired

A non-standard loosely used to describe a preflop cold call made by the Under the Gun UTG player holding a pocket pair,…

UTG River Bet-Call Static

A theoretical strategy where the UTG Under the Gun player uses a fixed, non-adaptive range of hands to bet and then cal…

UTG River Value Bet Rainbow

A bet made from the under-the-gun position on the river on a rainbow board all cards of different suits with a strong h…

UTG Squeeze

A squeeze play 3-bet after an open and one or more calls executed from the UTG position, often occurring when UTG initi…

UTG Squeeze Pot Turn Strategy

A turn strategy for the player who opened from UTG and then called a preflop squeeze, focusing on range construction an…

UTG Turn Squeeze Pot

A poker scenario where the player in the Under the Gun UTG position makes a large raise squeeze on the turn after a flo…

UTG+1 River Check-Fold Paired

A poker action where a player in the UTG+1 position checks on the river after the board pairs, with the intention of fo…

UTG+1 River Double Barrel Paired

A betting scenario where a player in the UTG+1 position continuation-bets the flop and then bets again on the river the…

UTG+1 Turn Limped Pot

A poker situation where the player in the UTG+1 position faces a turn decision in a pot that was limped no raise preflo…

Stealing Range from Cutoff

The set of hands with which a player in the cutoff position opens the pot with a raise when the action folds to them, a…

Under the Gun Opening Range

The set of starting hands that a player in the under the gun position first to act preflop in a full-ring game should t…

UTG Thin Value Range

A range of hands that a player in the Under the Gun UTG position bets for value that are only marginally stronger than …

BTN 75bb 3-Bet Jam

A poker play where the player on the button BTN re-raises all-in jams over an opponent's open-raise, with an effective …

CO Turn Delayed C-Bet Dynamic

The strategic considerations and interactions when the cutoff CO player, who raised preflop, checks the flop and then b…