Poker Glossary
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Position & seats
View all 2437 →Position Advantage
Position Advantage
Position advantage refers to the benefit of acting later in a betting round, particularly on later streets, which allow…
UTG
UTG
In a [full ring] game 9 or 10 players, UTG is the first to act pre-flop, thus having the least information and the high…
MP
MP
MP Middle Position is the seat area in Texas Hold'em that comes after UTG and before the Cutoff CO, typically including…
Preflop action
View all 1095 →Steal
Steal
In poker, a steal or blind steal is a preflop raise made from a late position typically the cutoff, button, or small bl…
3BET
3BET
e., a 2-Bet either preflop or postflop. It is a common aggressive action in Texas Hold'em, primarily used to narrow an …
4-Bet
4-Bet
refers to the fourth round of raising in Texas Hold'em, typically occurring preflop. Specifically, when a player opens …
Math & odds
View all 44 →EV
EV
EV Expected Value quantifies the average profit or loss of a decision over the long run, considering all possible outco…
Pot Odds
Pot Odds
Its core use is to evaluate the mathematical expected value of a call: if the hand's winning probability exceeds the po…
SPR
SPR
The ratio of the effective stack size to the current pot size, used to assess commitment levels and post-flop play.
Ranges & GTO
View all 67 →Gto
Gto
GTO Game Theory Optimal strategy is a theoretically unexploitable balanced style of play that achieves Nash equilibrium…
Range Advantage
Range Advantage
Range advantage refers to the situation where one player's range of hands is, on average, stronger than their opponent'…
Game Theory Optimal
Game Theory Optimal
Game Theory Optimal GTO refers to a poker strategy that achieves perfect theoretical balance, making it impossible for …
Postflop play
View all 1516 →Bluff
Bluff
The core of this term lies in exploiting opponents' fear, creating false signals of hand strength to acquire chips that…
Value Bet
Value Bet
Its core purpose is not to force your opponent to fold, but to induce them to call with worse hands, thereby increasing…
Pot Control
Pot Control
In practice, it is often used when hand strength is moderate or the board texture may reverse, avoiding pot inflation t…
Tournaments
View all 397 →Final Table
Final Table
Final Table The final table is the final stage of a Texas Hold'em tournament where all remaining players are consolidat…
Icm
Icm
It converts chip counts into corresponding prize expected value based on the chip distribution and the number of remain…
In the Money
In the Money
In a poker tournament, In the Money ITM refers to the point at which a player's finish position guarantees a cash prize…
Hand types & draws
View all 66 →Top Pair
Top Pair
Top Pair Top Pair refers to a hand where one of your hole cards pairs with the highest card on the board. In practice, …
Flush Draw
Flush Draw
In practice, a flush draw is an aggressive and valuable type of draw because it has approximately a 35% chance to compl…
Kicker
Kicker
Kicker 踢脚 A kicker is a side card used to determine the winner when two players have the same hand ranking in Texas Hol…
Cash games
View all 21 →Deep Stack
Deep Stack
Deep Stack Deep stack refers to a player's chip count being significantly higher than the current blind level, typicall…
Deep-Stacked
Deep-Stacked
refers to a player having a stack size significantly larger than the standard buy-in or typical blind level, usually ex…
6-Max
6-Max
In practice, compared to a full-ring 9-player table, the 6-Max format features wider starting hand ranges, more frequen…
Stats & HUD
View all 28 →Table Image
Table Image
Its core significance lies in the fact that opponents adjust their decisions based on your image, so you can actively s…
VPIP
VPIP
e., the percentage of hands in which a player voluntarily calls or raises preflop, excluding folds or forced blinds. Th…
HUD
HUD
Term: Heads-Up Display HUD A Heads-Up Display HUD is a software interface used in online Texas Hold'em poker that displ…
Mindset & bankroll
View all 18 →Bankroll Management
Bankroll Management
In practice, it helps players withstand losses during downswings and prevents their account from being wiped out by sho…
Downswing
Downswing
In practice, it is often caused by variance in luck, opponent adjustments, or a decline in one’s own state. Its signifi…
Discipline
Discipline
Term: Discipline Discipline in Texas Hold'em refers to a player's ability to strictly adhere to a preset strategy, mana…
Rules & variants
View all 314 →Bet
Bet
Bet refers to the action of voluntarily placing chips into the pot when there has been no previous bet in that round. I…
Raise
Raise
Raise refers to a player actively increasing the bet amount after an existing bet has been made. Its core uses are to i…
Call
Call
Its core purpose is to match an opponent's bet, rather than raising or folding, thereby retaining the opportunity to co…
Other
View all 1066 →TAG
TAG
The core is strict starting hand selection tight, playing only strong hands, but after entering the pot, aggressively a…
TT
TT
TT is the standard shorthand for a pair of tens Ten-Ten as a hole card combination in poker.
Stack Depth
Stack Depth
Stack depth refers to the number of chips a player has in a poker game, typically measured in multiples of the big blin…