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Light Block Bet Baseline

Light Block Bet Baseline

A reference point for the bet size and spot conditions under which a small bet typically 20-40% of the pot is used to b…

Stud Hi-Lo Starting Hands

Stud Hi-Lo Starting Hands

In Stud Hi-Lo Stud Eight or Better, starting hands are three-card combinations evaluated for their potential to win bot…

BB 200bb Push Fold

BB 200bb Push Fold

A simplified preflop strategy for the big blind with a 200 big blind stack where the only actions are all-in or fold, o…

BB 75bb Call Off

BB 75bb Call Off

In no-limit hold'em, a scenario where the player in the big blind position calls an all-in bet while holding a stack of…

River Block Bet on Dry Board

River Block Bet on Dry Board

A river block bet on a dry board is a small bet made by the out-of-position player on the river to avoid facing a large…

SB 30bb Call Off

SB 30bb Call Off

A describing a situation where the small blind player, holding a stack of approximately 30 big blinds, calls an all-in …

CO 40bb Call Off

CO 40bb Call Off

A situation in no-limit hold'em where the player in the cutoff CO position, holding a stack of 40 big blinds, calls an …

CO 50bb Call Off

CO 50bb Call Off

In no-limit hold'em tournaments, a strategy where a player in the cutoff position with approximately 50 big blinds call…

HJ Preflop Min-Raise Wet

HJ Preflop Min-Raise Wet

A preflop raising strategy from the hijack position with a minimum raise to 2x the big blind, using a range of hands of…

BB 20bb Call Off

BB 20bb Call Off

A situation where the player in the big blind, with a stack of approximately 20 big blinds, calls an all-in bet, often …

Clock Call

Clock Call

A clock call is a request by a player to place a countdown timer on a current hand decision, typically to expedite play…

PLO Quarter Pot

PLO Quarter Pot

In Pot-Limit Omaha high-low split games, a quarter pot occurs when a player wins only one quarter of the total pot, typ…

SB 20bb Call Off

SB 20bb Call Off

A tournament strategy scenario where the small blind with exactly 20 big blinds decides whether to call an all-in shove…

CO River Block Bet Wet

CO River Block Bet Wet

A small bet made from the cutoff position on a wet river board, intended to control pot size or induce a fold, often as…

HJ 10bb Call Off

HJ 10bb Call Off

A tournament poker situation where a player in the Hijack position with a 10 big blind stack decides to call an all-in …

HJ River Check-Call Wet

HJ River Check-Call Wet

The action from the Hijack position of checking and then calling a bet on the river when the board texture is wet, ofte…

PLO Counterfeit Low

PLO Counterfeit Low

A situation in Pot-Limit Omaha high-low where a community card duplicates a low card in a player's hand, devaluing or d…

SB 75bb Call Off

SB 75bb Call Off

A situation in No-Limit Hold'em where the small blind SB with a stack of 75 big blinds calls an opponent's all-in bet.

BB WWSF

BB WWSF

A humorous referring to a big blind who rarely folds, often calling with a wide range preflop or on later streets.

BTN Preflop Bet-Fold Static

BTN Preflop Bet-Fold Static

A preflop strategy where the player on the button opens with a fixed range and folds to any re-raise 3-bet without adju…

HJ 200bb Call Off

HJ 200bb Call Off

A poker action where a player in the Hijack position, holding a stack of 200 big blinds, calls an all-in bet from an op…

Preflop Bet-Fold on Monotone Board

Preflop Bet-Fold on Monotone Board

A postflop poker strategy where a player bets on a monotone board and then folds to a raise, typically because the boar…

BB 100bb Push Fold

BB 100bb Push Fold

A push/fold strategy chart or decision framework for the big blind position when effective stacks are 100 big blinds, t…

PLO Single Suited

PLO Single Suited

In Pot-Limit Omaha, a hand that contains exactly two cards of the same suit, with the other two cards being of differen…

CO 200bb Call Off

CO 200bb Call Off

A scenario where a player in the cut-off position with a 200 big blind stack calls an all-in bet from another player.

BB Preflop Min-Raise Static

BB Preflop Min-Raise Static

A fixed strategy where the big blind always raises by the minimum amount to 2 big blinds when they are the first to act…