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BTN 3-Bet Pot River Strategy

The optimal betting, checking, and bluffing approach for the Button player in a 3-bet pot when facing the river decisio…

BTN Flop 3-Bet Rainbow

A three-bet re-raise on the flop executed by the player in the button position when the flop cards are all of different…

BTN River Flat Call Wet

A situation where the player on the button calls a bet on the river instead of raising on a board with many possible dr…

BTN River Resteal Dynamic

A strategic situation on the river where the Button player raises a bet from an opponent, typically representing a stro…

CO 10bb Steal

A strategy in no-limit hold'em where a player in the cutoff position with an effective stack of 10 big blinds raises pr…

CO 3Bet

A CO 3Bet is a re-raise third bet made by the player in the cutoff position against an initial raise from an earlier po…

CO River 3-Bet Pot

A poker scenario occurring on the river in a pot that was three-bet preflop, where the player in the Cutoff position is…

CO River 4-Bet Dry

A non-standard term describing a fourth bet re-raise made on the river from the cutoff position on a dry board texture.

CO River 4-Bet Dynamic

The strategic interplay when a player in the cutoff position makes a preflop 4-bet and the hand progresses to the river…

CO River 4-Bet Monotone

CO River Resteal Rainbow

A play where the player in the cutoff position re-raises on the river as a bluff or semi-bluff, typically on a rainbow …

CO River Resteal Wet

A river bluff-raise from the cutoff position on a coordinated board, intended to represent a strong made hand and force…

CO River Squeeze Paired

A poker play where the player in the cutoff position makes a large raise or re-raise on the river after the board pairs…

HJ Flop 3-Bet Pot

A pot that was 3-bet preflop where the player in the Hijack position faces the flop out of position.

HJ Preflop Cold Call Static

A fixed, non-adjusting range of hands with which a player in the hijack position cold-calls a preflop raise, typically …

HJ Preflop Delayed C-Bet Monotone

A delayed continuation bet on the turn made by the player in the Hijack position who raised preflop, after checking a m…

HJ River 3-Bet Pot

A poker situation where the player in the Hijack HJ position faces a river decision in a pot that was three-bet preflop.

HJ River Cold Call Monotone

A poker scenario where a player in the Hijack position calls a bet on the river with a board of all one suit, without h…

HJ River Cold Call Static

A term used in solver-based GTO analysis to describe the equilibrium static mixed strategy for a hijack position HJ pla…

HJ River Iso Pot

A pot on the river where a player in the hijack position raises or bets to isolate a single opponent, typically by forc…

HJ Squeeze Pot Flop Strategy

A flop play approach for a player in the hijack position who has re-raised preflop squeezed against one or more opponen…

Light 4-Bet Frequency

The percentage of opportunities in which a player voluntarily makes a 4-bet with a hand that is not among the strongest…

Light Steal Range

A light steal range refers to the set of hands a player is willing to open-raise from late positions typically the cuto…

Preflop Bet-Fold on Wet Board

A poker strategy where a player raises preflop, then on a wet draw-heavy flop makes a continuation bet and folds to a r…

River Flat Call on Dynamic Board

A river flat call on a dynamic board is a call rather than a raise made on the river when the board texture is highly d…

SB 25bb Resteal

A resteal from the small blind when the effective stack is 25 big blinds, typically a 3-bet against a late-position ope…

SB 30bb Steal

A raise from the small blind with an effective stack of about 30 big blinds, aimed at winning the blinds and antes unco…

SB Flop 3-Bet Dry

A re-raise 3-bet made by the Small Blind player on the flop when the board texture is dry low connectivity and few draw…

SB Preflop Multiway Pot

The strategic situation where the small blind SB participates in a pot contested by three or more players before the fl…

SB River Cold Call Paired

A player in the Small Blind position calls a river bet often a raise on a paired board without having been the aggresso…

SB River Isolation Raise Rainbow

A raise from the small blind on the river when the board has no three cards of the same suit rainbow, made with the int…

SB River Squeeze Monotone

A bluff or value raise from the small blind on the river when the board is monotone all cards of same suit, typically r…

SB Squeeze Pot Flop Strategy

A postflop strategy for the small blind after they have executed a preflop squeeze play, focusing on continuation betti…

SB Squeeze Pot Preflop Strategy

A preflop strategy where the small blind re-raises squeezes after an initial raise and one or more callers, aiming to i…

BB 10bb 3-Bet Jam

A strategy where the Big Blind, holding a 10 big blind stack, moves all-in over an opponent's raise i.e., 3-bet jam.

BB 200bb 3-Bet Jam

A poker play where the big blind player makes a 3-bet all-in with an effective stack of 200 big blinds, typically as a …

BB Preflop 4-Bet Pot

A pot that has been re-raised a fourth time preflop a 4-bet where the player in the Big Blind position is either the 4-…

BB Preflop Flat Call Dry

A poker scenario in which the player in the big blind calls a preflop raise rather than three-betting, and the resultin…

BB River Cold Call Paired

A poker scenario where the player in the Big Blind calls a river bet without having raised earlier in the hand, on a bo…

BB River Steal Static

A theoretical strategy where the big blind, when checked to on the river, uses a fixed static betting range to attempt …

BB Squeeze Pot River Strategy

A river play executed by the big blind player who previously squeezed 3-bet preflop, using a polarized betting or check…

BTN Preflop Squeeze Paired

A squeeze play executed from the button position before the flop while holding a pocket pair.

BTN River 4-Bet Paired

A scenario on the river where the player on the button makes the fourth bet re-re-raise on a paired board, typically re…

BTN River Flat Call Paired

A situation where the player on the button BTN chooses to call rather than raise a bet on the river when the board cont…

CO 20bb Resteal

A poker strategy where a player in the cutoff position with approximately 20 big blinds re-raises often all-in over a l…

CO 40bb 3-Bet Jam

A preflop all-in three-bet made from the cutoff position with a stack of 40 big blinds, typically in a tournament.

CO Flop 3-Bet Rainbow

A cutoff player's re-raise on a flop where all three cards are of different suits, reducing flush possibilities and oft…

CO Flop 4-Bet Dry

A re-re-raise 4-bet made by the cutoff player on a dry flop, typically indicating a very strong hand or a polarized ran…