Glossary!

Not sure where to start and if i'll cover everything but here goes:

Stack - How much (in chips) each player has got at the table
Hero - Me. Or whoever is posting the hand.. it's just to keep the name hidden.
Villain - Relevant opponent who is in the hand.

UTG - Under The Gun. The player who is in first position.
UTG+1 - Under The Gun +1. The player who is directly after UTG.
CO - Cut Off. Directly after UTG+1.
BTN - Button. Directly after CO.
SB - Small Blind.
BB - Big Blind.

Push, Shove, make it hot - Go allin.. bet all of your money.

Preflop - The round of betting before the community cards have been introduced.
Flop - The round of betting once the first 3 community cards have been dealt.
Turn - The round of betting once the 4th community card has been dealt.
River - The round of betting once the 5th community card has been dealt.

Read - An understanding you have of an opponents betting frequencies.
Tank/ Went into the tank - Waiting and thinking for a large amount of time before acting.
Run good - To be above expectation for a certain period of time.
Run bad - To be below expectation for a certain period of time.
Downswing - A losing run.
Upswing - A winning run.
Breakeven - I will not define this.
Reg/ regular - A regular player at the same sites/ stakes as me who I recognise.
Stakes - Different game types.

3bet - To raise an initial bet.
4bet - To raise a 3bet.
5bet - You get the picture.
Open raise - To raise the pot before anyone else has.

Tight - To not play many hands.
Loose - To play more hands.
TAG - Tight aggressive.
LAG - Loose aggressive.
EV - Expected value.
+EV - + Expected value - what I should aim for at all times.
- EV - - Expected value - what I should avoid doing.
HH - Hand history - A written summary of a certain hand of poker.


Okay so I may add stuff later to this if I forgot anything.

In other news - I booked a win for the first day of the month. It was really frustrating though cos I won a tonne then started getting DCed and lost a bit in some ridic ways. Think I finished ~3k up or sth..

..oh yeah, Sth - Something.

Rob