Poker Acronyms
- np – nice play or no problem
- bb – big blind or bad beat
- ty – thank you
- utg – under the gun – means first to act
- iirc – if I remember correctly
- lmao – laugh my ass off
- wtf – what the fuck
- fu – fuck you
- qft – quoted for truth
- nh – nice hand
- hu – heads up
- sh – short handed
- he – holdem
- gg – good game
- lol – lots of laughs
- poc – piece of crap
- ftw – for the win OR f#($ the world OR for the record
- a hi – ace high
- nl – no limit
- ss – short stacked
- btw – by the way
- br – bank roll – means how much money you have to play with
- imo – in my opinion
- brb – be right back
Common Poker Terminology
- Rake – The amount the poker site takes every hand. Most sites don’t take more than $3 per pot.
- Big Blind – In each round players must put in a blind. The big blind is usually equal to 1/100 of the max buy-in.
- Buy-in – How much you can bring to the table. Also means how much it costs to enter a tournament.
- Sit and Go – A tournament that consists of 10, 20, or 30 players. Each person must buy-in and the top 3 for a ten player event will split the prize pool. First place gets 5 times the buy-in. Second place gets 3 times the buy-in and third place gets 2 times the buy-in.
- Multi-Table – A tournament with up to 2000 players in the field.
- Multi-Tabling – Playing more than one table at a time. Some players use more than two monitors to multi-table.
- Lobby – Where you can access the tournaments and table listings. This is also the best place to sort tables and look for tables that suit your playing style.
- Scanning – Using cheat software to see other players cards. No confirmed reports of this have ever been uncovered.
- Going South – Players scoring big and instantly leaving. This is very common online.
- Reload Bonus – Bonus money you receive for depositing. Reload bonuses are different from initial deposit bonus.
- Deposit Bonus – Money given to you for the first time depositing at a poker room. This bonus is usually the largest you will get.
- Raked Hands – Each time you play a hand money is taken out of the pot. Each hand where money is taken out is considered a raked hand. Used to calculate the release of your bonus money.