Laptop Battery Message boards and websites are filled with quality
poker information, but sometimes
the authors use "poker shorthand" to describe the game situations.
If you're not familiar with the terms, you can't take full
advantage of the knowledge being shared. Reading through the Poker
Shorthand Primer will help you understand what people are actually
saying when they say, "YMTC, playing Kxs in LP"..
Thinkpad Poker comes with it's own language, slang included. While anyone
who has seen an episode of the
World Poker Tour knows that
pocket Queens can be called the "lovely ladies" or the "hilton
sisters", there is more to poker lingo than hand nicknames.
Microsoft A lot of websites and message boards offer poker strategy and
advice, and knowing the basic terms and how to read poker shorthand
can unlock this world of information. First, let's look at the
shorthand that poker players use to describe the cards during a
hand.
Laptop Computers The ranks of the cards are given, followed by a letter
indicating their suit. So the King of Clubs is written, Kc. The two
of Hearts is written as 2h. Tens are written as the letter T. You
may see a flop described as Ac 4d Th. The Ace of Clubs, Four of
Diamonds, and Ten of Hearts.
Laptop Computer When talking about starting hands, the letter s stands for
suited. For instance, a starting hand with the Jack of Clubs and
the Ten of Clubs is described as JTs. The opposite of suited,
offsuit, is indicated with an o. Jack/Ten offsuit is written as
JTo.
Desktop Computer And the last of the card shorthand, x is used to describe a
random small card in a starting hand. If a player likes to play an
Ace and any other suited card, that starting hand is described as
playing Axs. Ace/anything suited.
Notebooks There may be times when playing Axs is a profitable play, or
times when calling raises with KQo is not recommended. Either way,
the shorthand used in describing texas holdem helps cut down on the
time it takes to describe the cards in play.
Lenovo There is more to poker conversation than just the cards though.
You will find the following shorthand on message boards as well.
When talking about position at the table, or pre-flop action the
blinds are often referred to as sb and bb for small and big
blinds.
Hard Drive I mention this because when talking about the amount of
money players make BB is used to
mean big bets. Someone who makes 4 BB an hour at a $3/$6 table
is having $24 an hour sessions. Just as in English, the words in
poker lingo depend on the context.
Travelstar Other shorthands you will see include YMTC instead of You Make
the Call, HH in place of Hand History, and MTT for Multi-table
tournament.
Gateway Of course youll find other, creative abbreviations out there,
but having read through the basics, it will be easier to understand
poker situations as they are described online.
Catalogue: Recreation & Sports | Gambling &
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Title: Reading Poker Shorthand By: R Mongoose
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