| (#) X | For example, "4x" would be a raise 4 times the big blind |
| 8/b or /8 | Eights or Better |
| A | Ace |
| AC | Atlantic City, New Jersey |
| B&M | Brick and Mortar (describing a casino) |
| BB | Big Blind |
| c | Club(s) |
| d | Diamond(s) |
| EP | Early Position |
| EV | Estimated Value |
| FL | Fixed Limit |
| FLH | Fixed Limit Holdem |
| FLO | Fixed Limit Omaha |
| h | Heart(s) |
| HE | Holdem |
| H/L or Hi/Lo | High / Low |
| HORSE | a rotation of limit Holdem, Omaha/8, Razz, Seven-card stud high, & Seven-card Eights or better |
| HOSE | a rotation of limit Holdem, Omaha/8, Seven-card Stud high & Seven-card Eights or better |
| J | Jack |
| K | King |
| LAG | Loose Aggressive Player |
| LH | (Fixed) Limit Holdem |
| LP | Late Position |
| LV | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| M | Your stack size divided by the cost of blinds and antes each round = Your M |
| MCU | Mike Caro University |
| MP | Middle Position |
| MTT | Multi-Table Tournament |
| NL | No Limit |
| NLH | No Limit Holdem |
| NLO | No Limit Omaha |
| OTB | On the Button |
| PL | Pot Limit |
| PLH | Pot Limit Holdem |
| PLO | Pot Limit Omaha |
| PP | 1. Pocket Pair2. PartyPoker |
| PS | PokerStars |
| Q | 1. Queen 2. In a tournament, your stack size divided by the average stack size = Your Q |
| s | 1. Spade(s) 2. Suited (so 87s could mean Eight-Seven of Spades or Eight-Seven suited) |
| SB | Small Blind |
| SHOE | a rotation of Seven-card Stud, limit Holdem, Omaha/8, & Seven-card Eights or better |
| SNG | Sit and Go Tournament |
| Str8 | Straight |
| T | Ten |
| TAG | Tight Aggressive Player |
| TH-P | The abbreviation occasionally used for this site |
| TPTK | Top Pair, Top Kicker |
| UB | UltimateBet |
| UTG | Under the Gun |
| UTG + # | # seats to the left of UTG |
| WCOOP | the World Championship of Online Poker |
| WPO | the World Poker Open |
| WPT | the World Poker Tour |
| WSOP | the World Series of Poker |
| X | Used in holdem to describe a useless (or forgotten) card when describing the play of a hand. Example: "I had KK and the flop was a rainbow A,K,x. All I had to worry about was AA." |
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