been quite new to poker and don't watch it on T.V or go to casinos i keep hearing or reading a few poker terms and words that keep popping up and not sure what they are. is there like a poker dictionary any whey or can we make one on hear. there must be other poker players who don't know every thing and all the words. donk and fish i know i get called it all the time . any help would be good .
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There has been at least one thread doing just that but I can't seem to find it. There are definitely poker glossaries out there on the net but we can make another one. What particular terms do you not understand cos if we use them frequently it may not occur to us that they are not understood.
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Well I guess if we are going to create a poker glossary for all the new members of the forum it should be alphabetical and include even basic terms so anyone who reads a word they don't understand can go to the glossary and easily find the term. So lets start one and add words in...
action flop: a flop where several players are likely to bet aggressive: describes players who raise a lot bad beat: losing a hand after getting it all-in good bankroll: the entire amount of money you have to play poker (to) bankroll: to give funds to someone to play poker boat: slang for a full house the bubble: the last place in a tournament that doesn't pay button: the position of the dealer cooler: a sick hand from which there is no escaping cut-off: the seat immediately to the right of the dealer deepstack: a player with relatively many chips donk: exact definitions vary but generally a bad player drawing hand: a possible hand that hasn't yet been made equity: the percentages that determine how you should play fish: a very bad player that chases hands despite bad odds flipping: (coin flip) an all-in situation where the odds are fifty-fifty freerolling: playing without any risk of losing money grind: to complete a bonus by playing small but frequently heads up: poker between just two players hold em: short for texas hold em, a variant of poker instant call: to call without hesitation limp: to call an unraised bet preflop loose: a player who calls easily MTT: multi-table tournament muck: to not show your hand the nuts: the best hand possible given the board omaha: a variant of poker overbet: to bet a large amount considering pot size PLO: pot-limit Omaha priced in: a situation where a call that's usually behind is correct quads: another way of saying 4 of a kind rigtard: someone who complains unjustly about poker being rigged set-mine: to call with a pocket pair hoping to hit three of a kind short-handed: when there are few players at the table short-stacked: having relatively few chips shove: to go all-in snap call: (see instant call) stud: another variant of poker tank: to take a lot of time to act tilt: a state of mind brought on by losing under the gun (utg): position first to act preflop variance: the difference between expected probability and actual outcome
Please feel free to correct my definitions and add to it.
Firstly i thought donk and fish is the same but in your description it is not so maybe i was wrong . And secondly is it necessary for a bad beat that you are All-in cause i dont think so but maybe i am wrong on that
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Jomull....You really need to read or study how to play. Its really difficult to just turn up and try and play without truly understanding (or at oleast having a bit of a clue) what everyone is doing in terms of strategy and size of calls etc. There are loads of books and online assistance on many of the better sites, and you will pretty soon stop having to pit up with being called not very friendly names.....and your game and bankroll will improve (maybe!)
Posted by awood88: Well I guess if we are going to create a poker glossary for all the new members of the forum it should be alphabetical and include even basic terms so anyone who reads a word they don't understand can go to the glossary and easily find the term. So lets start one and add words in...
action flop: a flop where several players are likely to bet aggressive: describes players who raise a lot bad beat: losing a hand after getting it all-in good bankroll: the entire amount of money you have to play poker (to) bankroll: to give funds to someone to play poker boat: slang for a full house the bubble: the last place in a tournament that doesn't pay button: the position of the dealer cooler: a sick hand from which there is no escaping cut-off: the seat immediately to the right of the dealer deepstack: a player with relatively many chips donk: exact definitions vary but generally a bad player drawing hand: a possible hand that hasn't yet been made equity: the percentages that determine how you should play fish: a very bad player that chases hands despite bad odds flipping: (coin flip) an all-in situation where the odds are fifty-fifty freerolling: playing without any risk of losing money grind: to complete a bonus by playing small but frequently heads up: poker between just two players hold em: short for texas hold em, a variant of poker instant call: to call without hesitation limp: to call an unraised bet preflop loose: a player who calls easily MTT: multi-table tournament muck: to not show your hand the nuts: the best hand possible given the board omaha: a variant of poker overbet: to bet a large amount considering pot size PLO: pot-limit Omaha priced in: a situation where a call that's usually behind is correct quads: another way of saying 4 of a kind rigtard: someone who complains unjustly about poker being rigged set-mine: to call with a pocket pair hoping to hit three of a kind short-handed: when there are few players at the table short-stacked: having relatively few chips shove: to go all-in snap call: (see instant call) stud: another variant of poker tank: to take a lot of time to act tilt: a state of mind brought on by losing under the gun (utg): position first to act preflop variance: the difference between expected probability and actual outcome
Please feel free to correct my definitions and add to it.
thank you very much just the sort of thing i was looking for. thanks for spending your time doing this.
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jommull57 ...do not read any pokerstrategybooks or articles,don't learn about BRM,or tournamentstructures ,,just deposit or use ur non-deposit bonusses and hand them over to us .at the tables...
why does anyone need to study...
poker is like riding a byclicle ,,anyone can do it ....
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Posted by Hiesy: Firstly i thought donk and fish is the same but in your description it is not so maybe i was wrong . And secondly is it necessary for a bad beat that you are All-in cause i dont think so but maybe i am wrong on that
Donk and fish are fairly interchangeable these days and I think the original meaning has probably evolved since everyone has jumped on the band wagon. It's not uncommon for people to type FISH in the chat room whenever they are beaten. But I think fish was originally aimed at players who fish for cards and catch despite bad odds but I may be wrong.
I believe it is necessary to either be all-in or to put someone else all-in to qualify as a bad beat since the term implies you get it in good but still lose. Even if your opponent hits a one outer on the river, goes all-in and then you call and see your really bad luck, it is not really a bad beat since you called when you were behind. If no one is all-in, then you can still fold the river so you're not getting it in good, it's just an unlucky hand.
PS I think the term bad beat jackpot is quite misleading since it is really something else. A bad beat jackpot is awarded when there are two really good hands against each other even if one player was always in front. This is in fact more likely to be known as a cooler.
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