EV Expected Value
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Icm
Icm
ICM converts a tournament chip stack into a share of leftover prizes. Chip EV is not dollar EV, and cash games do not u…
EV
EV
EV Expected Value quantifies the average profit or loss of a decision over the long run, considering all possible outco…
Reverse Implied Odds Call
Reverse Implied Odds Call
A reverse implied odds call is a call made when the potential for future losses due to being outdrawn or facing larger …
Blind Level Jump
Blind Level Jump
In poker tournaments, a blind level jump is an increase in the blind amounts that skips one or more intermediate levels…
Hyper Structure
Hyper Structure
A tournament or cash game blind schedule with extremely rapid level increases, typically every 3–5 minutes, designed to…
EV Chop
EV Chop
A deal in which players agree to split the remaining prize pool based on each player's expected value EV as calculated …
Solver EV
Solver EV
Solver EV is the expected value of a specific action e.g., bet, call, fold as calculated by a game theory optimal solve…
Chip EV Jam
Chip EV Jam
A Chip EV Jam is an all-in bet that is calculated to be profitable or neutral in terms of chip expected value chip EV, …
Leveling War
Leveling War
A leveling war occurs when two players repeatedly attempt to outthink each other's reasoning levels, leading to escalat…
Breakeven Player
Breakeven Player
A poker player whose long-term win rate is approximately zero, meaning they neither consistently profit nor lose money …
Breakeven Rate
Breakeven Rate
The minimum frequency at which a bluff or bet must succeed to have a non-negative expected value.
Database Review
Database Review
The practice of analyzing hand histories from a poker tracking database to evaluate and improve one's play.
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