Poker
UTG
Acronym: Under The Gun
The action starts just past the big blind, the first position to act.
The action starts just past the big blind, the first position to act.
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TPTK
Acronym: Top Pair Top Kicker
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The Taint
Worst possible hand
Usage: 'It looked good at first, but the dealer gave me the Taint, bye money!'
#humor
Usage: 'It looked good at first, but the dealer gave me the Taint, bye money!'
#humor
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Tap
1) rap on the table to signify a pass or a waiver of cut
2) bet the whole amount of chips in front of oneself
3) make a bet that requires another player to bet all his chips, or drop.
2) bet the whole amount of chips in front of oneself
3) make a bet that requires another player to bet all his chips, or drop.
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Stack To Pot Ratio (SPR)
The ratio of your stack to the amount in the pot (Your chips / chips in the pot)
Usage: 'Rock'n
I jammed as much in the pot as I could, by the turn my SPR was =< 1, so I had to call'
Usage: 'Rock'n
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Sitting the Apple
The highest-stakes game offered at a poker venue
Usage: 'He is sitting the Apple'
Usage: 'He is sitting the Apple'
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SB
Acronym: Small Blind
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Robusto
Not Broke, Well funded
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Paint
AKA Face cards; cards with a significant amount of ink due to the images printed on front of the playing card. ( 
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Usage: "Dealer, is there any paint in this deck?"
)Usage: "Dealer, is there any paint in this deck?"
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Open ender
Meaning open ended straight
see also OESD
see also OESD
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OMC
Acronym for Old Man Coffee refers to a retiree with nothing better to do than play tight passive, drink coffee and socialize.
Example: That kid still living with mom just called me Old man coffee, like I'm the tourist, mphf! /sipsMoarCoffee
Example: That kid still living with mom just called me Old man coffee, like I'm the tourist, mphf! /sipsMoarCoffee
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OESD
Acronym: Open Ended Straight Draw
see also Open ender
see also Open ender
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OctoCrab
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Nit-roll
A tight player slow rolls another player with the second best hand, incorrectly assuming they are beat.
Usage: “God dude some guy just nit rolled me with the second nuts. What an jerk!”
Usage: “God dude some guy just nit rolled me with the second nuts. What an jerk!”
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LAG
Acronym for Loose Aggressive; Type of play(er)
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Idiot end of the straight
The worse straight, lower end of the straight.
Usage: “Man I value owned myself by betting the idiot end of the straight”
Usage: “Man I value owned myself by betting the idiot end of the straight”
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High Society
Set of checks (chips) totaling $10,000, typically a 'rack of black' (100 $100s)
Usage: 'I'm back where I started: "three stacks of high society"'
Usage: 'I'm back where I started: "three stacks of high society"'
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Gutshot
Drawing to an inside straight
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Gay Waiter
Usage: 'All I had was a Queen with a Tray'
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Expected Value (EV)
EV is the average value of a decision in a poker hand or situation over time, can be + or -; result of a given play if it were made thousands of times.
+EV is associate with a 'good' or positive decision
-EV is associate with a 'bad' or negative decision
Usage: 'This donkey called me with a 2 outer, so I thanked him for trying to give me his money; so much for +EV'
+EV is associate with a 'good' or positive decision
-EV is associate with a 'bad' or negative decision
Usage: 'This donkey called me with a 2 outer, so I thanked him for trying to give me his money; so much for +EV'
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Doyle Brunson
Named after the poker great after he won back-to-back WSOP main event titles (1976 & 1977) with this hand.
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Double Gutshot
aka Double Gutter
Drawing to an outside or open ended straight
Drawing to an outside or open ended straight
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Dinner for 2
Usage: 'Order up! Its Dinner for 2'
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Dead Man's Hand
Hand that Wild Bill Hickock was rumored to have when he was killed.
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Counterfeited
A hand that is reduced in quality or value due to additional cards, such as the turn or river.
Example:
Hero:
Villain: 
Board:
Example:
Hero:
Villain: Board:
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Computer Hand
It is rumored in the early 2000s a simulation was ran and Q7 won a statistical amount of the time.
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Checks
Alternative name for chips
Usage: 'Playing all night high limit Hold'em at the Taj, 'where the sand turns to gold.' Stacks and towers of checks I can't even see over'
Usage: 'Playing all night high limit Hold'em at the Taj, 'where the sand turns to gold.' Stacks and towers of checks I can't even see over'
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Check
No bet or pass the action to next player
Usage: This son of bitch, all night he, "Check. Check. Check." He trap me!
Usage: This son of bitch, all night he, "Check. Check. Check." He trap me!
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