Preflop action terms | Texas Hold'em Knowledge Hub

Resteal from HJ

A resteal from the hijack HJ is a three-bet made against a player who opened from the HJ seat, typically executed by a …

River 5-Bet on Rainbow Board

A fifth bet fourth raise on the river when all community cards are of different suits, representing an extremely rare a…

SB 3-Bet Pot Flop Strategy

A strategy for playing the flop from the small blind in a pot that was three-bet preflop, focusing on range constructio…

SB Flop 3-Bet Pot

A scenario in poker where the Small Blind makes a three-bet re-raise on the flop in a pot that was already three-bet pr…

SB Flop 4-Bet Dry

A flop 4-bet made from the small blind on a dry board, typically representing a highly polarized range of strong value …

SB Preflop Bet-Call Dry

A poker scenario where the small blind raises preflop, calls a three-bet, and the resulting flop texture is dry low, un…

SB Preflop Triple Barrel Monotone

A strategy where the small blind raises preflop and then continues to bet on all three postflop streets on a monotone a…

SB River 4-Bet Paired

In limit hold'em, a situation where the player in the small blind makes the fourth and final allowed bet the cap on the…

SB River Squeeze Pot

A play from the small blind on the river where a player makes a large bet or raise to pressure multiple opponents, aimi…

SB River Steal Rainbow

A river bluff or bet made from the small blind position on a board with three different suits rainbow, aiming to win th…

Steal from CO

A preflop raise from the cutoff position intended to win the blinds and antes uncontested, typically when action folds …

BB Preflop Isolation Raise Rainbow

A poker scenario where the player in the big blind makes a preflop raise to isolate a limper and then sees a rainbow fl…

BB River Iso Pot

A scenario where the player in the big blind makes an isolation raise on the river to reduce the field to a single oppo…

CO River 4-Bet Static

A rare river betting scenario where the cutoff player makes a fourth raise 4-bet using a static, pre-defined range rath…

HJ 4-Bet Pot Preflop Strategy

Strategy for a player in the Hijack position facing a 3-bet and then making a 4-bet preflop, including optimal range co…

Light 4-Bet Baseline

The minimum hand strength or range with which a player will 4-bet in a given situation, often used to describe a strate…

Preflop Min-Raise on Dry Board

A preflop raise to exactly twice the big blind, strategically used to set up continuation bets on dry flops where the r…

Resteal from CO

The act of three-betting from the cutoff position against a perceived steal raise from late position, typically from th…

SB Iso Pot Turn Strategy

A turn strategy for the small blind player who raised preflop to isolate one or more opponents, focusing on bet sizing,…

SB Squeeze

A squeeze play executed from the small blind position, where the player re-raises after an initial raise and one or mor…

BB 100bb Steal

A steal attempt made by the big blind when action folds to them, typically heads-up against the small blind, with effec…

BB Steal

A preflop raise from late position typically the button or cutoff intended to win the big blind and small blind without…

CO Preflop 3-Bet Pot

A pot that results from a preflop 3-bet made from the Cut-Off CO position in no-limit hold'em.

Flop 5-Bet on Rainbow Board

A flop 5-bet refers to the fifth raise on the flop betting round initial bet plus four raises, occurring on a rainbow b…

HJ Flop 5-Bet Rainbow

A rare poker scenario where the player in the hijack position makes a fifth raise 5-bet on a flop where all cards are o…

HJ River Cold Call Dry

A poker action where the player in the highjack position cold-calls a bet or raise on the river, typically on a dry boa…

BB Preflop Flat Call Wet

A preflop flat call from the big blind, typically with hands that perform well on wet coordinated, draw-heavy flops, ai…

BTN 15bb Resteal

A re-raise often all-in from the button when effective stacks are 15 big blinds, made in response to a perceived steal …

BTN 200bb Steal

A preflop raise from the button BTN with a stack of 200 big blinds aiming to win the blinds uncontested.

CO 100bb 3-Bet Jam

A 3-bet all-in from the cutoff position with 100 big blinds effective stack, typically in response to an early or middl…

CO 3-Bet Pot Flop Strategy

A strategy for playing the flop in a 3-bet pot when the player is in the cutoff position, focusing on range constructio…

CO Iso Pot Turn Strategy

A strategy framework for the cutoff position player who raised preflop to isolate one or more limpers, focusing on opti…

CO Preflop Double Barrel Rainbow

A poker strategy where a player in the cutoff position raises preflop and then fires a continuation bet on the flop and…

Flop 3-Bet on Dynamic Board

A re-raise 3-bet made on the flop when the board texture is dynamic—coordinated, wet, or draw-heavy—to deny equity, bui…

Fold to Steal from CO

A poker HUD statistic that measures the frequency with which a player folds when facing a raise from the Cutoff positio…

HJ 100bb Resteal

A 3-bet from the hijack position HJ with a 100 big blind effective stack, aimed at an open raiser often from late posit…

HJ 10bb Resteal

A resteal is a re-raise against a late-position open-raise, executed from the Hijack position with an effective stack o…

HJ 150bb 3-Bet Jam

A poker action where the player in the Hijack position with a stack of 150 big blinds re-raises all-in over an opponent…

HJ 200bb 3-Bet Jam

A preflop play where the player in the Hijack HJ position moves all-in for 200 big blinds as a 3-bet, typically against…

SB Preflop Double Barrel Wet

A strategy where the small blind raises preflop and then continuation bets on both the flop and turn on a wet board tex…

Steal from BB

A play where the player in the big blind raises or bets to win the pot without a strong hand, typically when opponents …

CO Preflop Cold Call Dry

A preflop cold call from the cutoff position with a hand that lacks significant drawing potential, typically a made han…

Resteal from BB

A bluff-raise from the big blind against a late position open raiser, intended to force the original raiser to fold and…

River Cold Call on Dry Board

A cold call on the river when the board texture contains no possible draws, typically indicating a hand that can only b…

SB 15bb Open Jam

In poker tournament strategy, it refers to the act of open-shoving all-in from the small blind with a stack of 15 big b…

BB 150bb 3-Bet Jam

A preflop strategy where the player in the Big Blind, with an effective stack of 150 big blinds, three-bets all-in agai…

CO Preflop Cold Call Monotone

A poker scenario where a player in the cutoff position cold calls a preflop raise and then faces a monotone flop all ca…

HJ Turn 3-Bet Pot

A referring to a situation where the player in the Hijack HJ position faces a 3-bet preflop and the hand progresses to …