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Turn Cold Call on Wet Board

A cold call on the turn made by a player who has not previously raised or reraised in the hand, on a board with many dr…

BB 10bb Resteal

A tournament poker strategy where the player in the big blind, with a stack of approximately 10 big blinds, re-raises o…

BB Flop 4-Bet Monotone

A scenario where the player in the Big Blind makes a 4-bet on the flop when all three board cards are of the same suit.

BB Flop 4-Bet Paired

A describing a rare situation where the big blind makes a 4-bet i.e., re-re-raise on the flop when the board is paired.

BB River 4-Bet Paired

A rare scenario in no-limit hold'em where the player in the big blind makes a fourth raise 4-bet on the river after the…

BB River 5-Bet Monotone

A rare situation where the player in the big blind makes a fifth bet 5-bet on the river on a board where all five commu…

BB River 5-Bet Paired

A rare poker scenario where the player in the big blind makes a fifth raise 5-bet on the river after the community boar…

BB River 5-Bet Wet

A rare no-limit hold'em scenario where the player in the big blind makes a fifth raise a 5-bet on the river on a wet bo…

BB River Steal Dynamic

A strategic scenario in no-limit hold'em where the Big Blind player bets or raises on the river to take down the pot, t…

BB Turn Cold Call Rainbow

A situation where the big blind player calls a bet on the turn on a board with all different suits rainbow, having not …

BTN 30bb Steal

A preflop raise from the button BTN when the player has a stack of 30 big blinds, aiming to win the blinds and antes un…

BTN Flop 5-Bet Rainbow

A poker scenario where the player on the button makes a fifth raise 5-bet on a flop that contains three cards of differ…

BTN Preflop Isolation Raise Dry

A small often minimum preflop raise from the button against limpers, intended to isolate but with a weak or speculative…

BTN Preflop Min-Raise Monotone

A preflop minimum raise from the button followed by a flop where all three community cards share the same suit.

BTN Preflop Raise-Fold Monotone

A simplified preflop strategy on the button BTN where the player opens with a fixed raise size and always folds to a 3-…

CO 50bb Steal

A preflop raise from the cutoff position with an effective stack of 50 big blinds, aimed at winning the blinds and ante…

CO Flop 3-Bet Static

A strategy where a player in the cutoff position three-bets the flop with a fixed range or frequency, regardless of boa…

CO Flop 4-Bet Wet

A flop 4-bet re-raise of a re-raise executed from the cutoff position on a wet, coordinated board texture.

CO Flop 5-Bet Monotone

A rare postflop scenario where the cutoff player makes a fifth betting action 5-bet on a flop where all three cards sha…

CO Preflop Bet-Fold Wet

A strategic concept that combines cutoff position preflop aggression raise or fold only with postflop play on wet board…

CO Preflop Isolation Raise Wet

A preflop raise from the cutoff CO targeting one or more limpers, with a range constructed to perform well on wet draw-…

CO River 3-Bet Static

A fixed, non-adaptive 3-betting range used by the cutoff player on the river, typically derived from a solver equilibri…

CO River 4-Bet Pot

A poker situation in which the player in the cutoff position faces a river decision in a pot that was 4-bet preflop.

CO River 5-Bet Rainbow

A non-standard term describing an extremely rare scenario where the player in the cutoff position makes a fifth raise 5…

CO River Iso Pot

A non‑standard term referring to a pot where the player in the cutoff CO position isolates an opponent on the river, ty…

CO River Isolation Raise Paired

A raise on the river from the cutoff position after the board pairs, intended to isolate a single opponent or exploit w…

CO River Steal Static

A strategy where the player in the cutoff position bets or raises on the river to steal the pot, typically when the riv…

HJ 25bb 3-Bet Jam

A poker action where a player in the hijack position, holding approximately 25 big blinds, re-raises all-in against an …

HJ Flop 4-Bet Dynamic

A poker scenario where the player in the Hijack HJ position either makes or faces a fourth bet 4-bet on the flop, typic…

HJ Preflop Delayed C-Bet Dry

A delayed continuation bet made from the Hijack position after checking the flop on a dry board texture.

HJ Preflop Raise-Fold Monotone

A preflop strategy where a player in the hijack position raises and then folds to any re-raise, applying this action un…

HJ Preflop Triple Barrel Static

A strategy where a player in the Hijack position raises preflop with a fixed range and then consistently bets on the fl…

HJ River 3-Bet Rainbow

A three-bet re-raise made from the Hijack position on the river when the board is rainbow all suits different, no flush…

HJ River 4-Bet Dynamic

A strategic concept describing how the pre-flop 4-betting range of the Hijack position influences river decision-making…

HJ River 5-Bet Paired

In poker, a situation where the player in the hijack position makes a fifth bet on the river after the board has paired…

HJ River Cold Call Rainbow

A poker scenario where a player in the hijack position cold-calls a bet or raise on the river when the board has three …

HJ River Isolation Raise Dynamic

A strategic play from the Hijack position on the river where a raise is used to isolate a specific opponent typically a…

HJ River Isolation Raise Wet

A raise made on the river from the hijack position with the intention of isolating a single opponent, typically on a co…

HJ River Resteal Rainbow

A bluff-raise on the river when the board is rainbow no flush possible executed from the Hijack position, often to expl…

HJ River Steal Monotone

A river bluff or thin value bet from the hijack position on a monotone board all cards same suit aimed at stealing the …

HJ Turn 4-Bet Pot

A pot in which the preflop betting escalated to a 4-bet typically a re-raise after a 3-bet, and the action is now on th…

Light Resteal Range

A light resteal range is a set of hands, often weaker than traditional value hands, used to re-raise 3-bet a late-posit…

Preflop 4-Bet on Paired Board

A scenario where a player has made a four-bet before the flop and the subsequent flop contains a pair, altering hand ra…

Preflop Cold Call on Paired Board

A preflop cold call (calling a raise without having previously put money in the pot beyond blinds) that results in a fl…

River Flat Call on Wet Board

A flat call on the river in a situation where the board contains many draws and possible hands, typically indicating a …

River Squeeze on Static Board

A river squeeze on a static board is a raise on the river after a bet and a call, on a board where the texture has not …

SB 10bb 3-Bet Jam

A preflop strategy where the small blind, holding an effective stack of about 10 big blinds, re-raises all-in after an …

SB 15bb 3-Bet Jam

A poker strategy where the player in the small blind SB with a stack of approximately 15 big blinds bb moves all-in as …