513 replies to this topic

[CobaltBlue]

I read a request for this, and I figured it might be beneficial for newbies. It should also help people when they're searching.

I'm sure I left some off, so feel free to append.

< = less than (typically used to sarcastically compare a losing hand to a winning one...in other words, denotes a suckout or coinflip)

<3 = heart (look at it sideways)

+1 = originally intended to add 1 post to a user's count, but now sometimes akin to QFT in addition to bumping the thread and "rating" it highly

1.4 = Phil Laak's nickname for Antonio Esfandiari (Esfandiari won $1.4m in the LAPC)

2+2 = popular poker publisher and forums4 = mocking name for 2+2

AINEC = And It's Not Even Close

AIPF = all-in pre-flop

AP = Absolute Poker

APPT = Asia Pacific Poker Tour

barrage = FCPers agree to inundate MTTs on various poker sites in order to increase the glory of the community

BAW = Bored At Work

BBFIDTS = Bad Beat Forum Is Down The Street

BBV = Brag, Beat, Variance (forum section or thread typically devoted to non-strategic hand histories)

BG = Barry Greenstein (or Balloon Guy)

Big Game = usually a $4k/$8k mixed poker game that takes place in Vegas with some of the best players in the world

Bill Fillmaff = Phil Hellmuth parody

bink = hit a fortunate card

Black Friday = April 15th, 2011 (the day of online poker apocalypse)

Bob = FCP Info (the guy that handled FCP's poker room and promotions)

boomswitch = less-discussed opposite of doomswitch

BR = bankroll

brazillion = FCP's large imaginary number of choice

broccoli = rigged

Charter Member = an FCP member who signed up in fall 2005 for special promotions

CiB = Click It Back (min-raise)

Circuit, The = CardPlayer's former poker radio show

Clarkmeister = in LHE, a bet/fold (or sometimes bet/call) line when HU and OOP on a river after the 4th flush card hits (a specific type of "value-bluff")

cold-deck (n) / cold-decked (adj) = originally an indication that the deck was rigged, but now more oftenly used interchangeably with cooler

conditioning = knowingly folding the best hand in order that your opponents don't see that you slowplayed

converter = tool that makes hand histories easier to read

cooler (n) / coolered (adj) = a poker situation where one player has a very strong but second-best hand

Corporation = a group of pro players that took on Andy Beal in a series of highest-stakes HULHE games

CP = CardPlayer

cwik'd = to run so far under expectation as to be comical

degen (n)/(v)/(adj) = degenerate (i.e. denoting a high gambling desire)

DFTPWYGB = don't forget to post when you go broke

DGN = Digital Gaming Network (the defunct FCP poker room's second network)

Dise = ParadisePoker

DN = Daniel Negreanu

DoN = double-or-nothing (a style of Stars tournament)

donk = strategically bad/oblivious poker player

donkament = derisive name for tournament

donkbet = a bet that's made out of position by someone who didn't have the betting lead in the previous round (sometimes shortened to 'donk')

doomswitch = a mythical setting online that causes one to run badly

drcossack(scranton) = reference to asking for a stake transfer

DS = Deep Stack/Double Shootout

DUCY? = Do You See Why?

ETA = Edit to Add

EV = expected value (if something, usually an action, has positive expectation, it's +EV; similarly, if it has negative expectation, it's -EV)

e-val = electronic validation (similar to giving props/respect/recognition...typically for something clever)

FCPHA = FCP Hardcore Army (where most of the girls hang out)

FCPHUL = FCP Heads-Up League

FFS = for eff's sake

FidPoker = accepted nickname of Daniel's first protege, Brian Fidler

flipament = a heads-up poker tournament where the contestants agree to go all-in every hand (derives its name from the idea that it's more akin to flipping coins than poker)

float = to call a bet on one street (typically with nothing/air) with intentions to evaluate the next street for bluffing

FML = eff my life

FPP = frequent player point (PokerStars)

FPS = Fancy Play Syndrome (the tendency to make overly complicated plays when straight-forward ones would suffice)

FT = Final Table/FullTilt

FTL = For The Loss

FTP = FullTilt Poker

FTOPS = FullTilt Online Poker Series

FTW = For The Win

FWP = FoxwoodsPro

FWIW = for what it's worth

FYP/FMP = "Fixed" Your Post/My Post

FYL = eff your life

GAJ = get a job

General/GenPo = the part of the forum you're in now

gg = good game (typically said to someone at the end of play)

gj = good job

GG me = "good game, me" (said after posting how you got knocked out of a tournament)

gin = the perfect card to catch

GL = good luck

gogogogo = an common exuberant form of 'go/win'

Harrah's = the casino corporation responsible for the WSOP and WSOPC

HEM = Hold 'Em Manager

HH = Hand History

hit by a bus = random gossip when a player hasn't been seen for a while (most famously applied to Gus Hansen)

HOF = hall of fame

HOH = "Harrington On Hold 'Em"

HOS = hall of shame

HPFAP = "Hold 'Em Poker For Advanced Players"

HPT = Heartland Poker Tour

HSP = High-Stakes Poker (the show on GSN)

HUD = heads-up display (used in conjunction with poker tracking software to display statistics)

hud/huad = 'hope you die'/'hope you all die'

IDH = I'd Do Him/Her

IGHN = I Go Home Now

IIRC = if I recall correctly

IP = in position

IPITS = I Play It The Same

ISACC = I Suck At Catching Cards

ISAP = I Suck At Poker

ISATD = I Suck At Table Draws

ITT = in this thread

Jerry (Where's Jerry?) = DN Protege Contest participant who mysteriously disappeared at the final table

jopke = Phil Hellmuth misspelled 'joke' while on tilt, and Paul Phillips humorously brought attention to it

JS = Just Saying

KFL = Kathy Effing Liebert

KidPoker = Daniel's nickname

Knockout tournament = a type of bounty tournament that's becoming increasingly popular on FT

Krablar = K3 in Hold 'Em (known for its mystical powers and pinch-pinch dance when it wins)

LAG = Loose-Aggressive

LAPC = Los Angeles Poker Classic

LAPT = Latin America Poker Tour

lawsuit = typically a reference to the recent lawsuit brought against the WPT by seven professional players (Daniel is opposed to it)

LC = Low Content

ldo = like duh, obviously

Lee (Jones) = PokerStars' former poker host (often the object of blame/praise)

LFT = life effing tilt

MBN = must be nice

MM = Mike Matusow

mobney = another Hellmuth misspelling brought to light by Phillips

Mushu = DN's dog who occasionally posts poems

NAPC = North American Poker Championship

NB = 'nice bet'/'nice bluff'

Neg-O = Negreanu Open (a series of online tournaments)

NC = No Content

NH/VNH = literally: 'nice hand'/'very nice hand'; figuratively: 'well said'

nit = a very tight player (while originally used derisively, now frequently used in jest)

NP = 'no problem'/'nice play'

NSFW = 'Not Safe For Work' (typically nudity involved)

nutbar = to play maniacally for the sake of fun/venting (in a limit setting to raise whenever you have the option)

NWP = Neverwinpoker

obv = 'obviously' (most often used in a cynical manner)

Ocho, The = the fourth number two (crap) of the day

OL = open limp

OOP = out of position

OP = original poster/original post

OT = Off-Topic

open-farrell = open-folding when you have the option of checking (especially for "strategic" purposes as espoused by jfarrell)

P5s = Pocket 5's (popular poker site famous for ranking online players)

PA = Patrik Antonius

PAD = Poker After Dark (a nightly show on NBC)

PAHUD = PokerAce Heads Up Display (a piece of software that works in conjunction with PokerTracker to overlay statistics on tables)

PCA = PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

PIITB = Put It In The Butt

POB = Penis On Back (reference to the debacle that was Brandi Hawbaker's accusation against Captain Tom)

POTD/POTW/POTM/POTY = Post of the Day/Week/Month/Year

pottery = FCP member Tantalar famously asked for Daniel's address so that he could send him a vase

PP = PartyPoker (or less commonly 'pocket pair')

PPA = Poker Players Alliance

PPL = Professional Poker League

PPT = Professional Poker Tour

PR = PokerRoad

Protege, Daniel's = Daniel's poker student who earns the title and prizes through a regularly scheduled contest

PS = PokerStars

PT = PokerTracker

ptbb = PokerTracker Big Bet (twice the BB in NL games)

PTR = PokerTableRatings

PW = PokerWire

PWYGB = Post When You Go Broke

QFT = Quoted For Truth ("I Agree"/"Amen")

QFMFT = Quoted For Mother Effing Truth

rail (v)/(n) = to observe a poker player without playing; the place from where the observation takes place

rail call = a request for railing (typically by a player in a tournament)

rail tards = stupid poker observers usually identified by dumb comments in the chat

rakeback = a system that returns part of the rake that you pay

red bucket = reference to a random thread in OT that sparked a flurry of bucket image postings

rigged = originally an accusation of underhanded poker software, now often used sarcastically

RKIGS = Retarded Kid In Grocery Store

RGP = rec.gambling.poker (famous poker newsgroup)

robusto = to go from being stuck to breaking even (also used in contrast to 'busto')

Rocks & Rings = indicative of a "high-class", bling lifestyle (taken from an article by Esfandiari)

ROI = return on investment (a percentage of money earned against money risked)

SFG = so effing gay

SFW = 'Safe For Work' (typically no nudity involved)

SIITP = Stick It In The Pooper

skipament = a tournament in the tradition of flipaments but played full ring with slightly more strategy (rules are agreed upon by participants prior to play)

Smash Strat = a basic low-stakes NLHE strategy proposed by Smasharoo

SS1/SS2 = "Super/System 1", "Super/System 2"

SSHE = "Small Stakes Hold 'Em"

Stacked = Daniel's poker video game that went through endless delays

standard = sarcastically routine

Stove (PokerStove) = hand analysis/simulation (equity calculation) tool

Strat/Strategy = the section of the forum dealing with strategy

superthreads = extremely long threads, usually with divergent discussion and typically located in Off-Topic (i.e. Army, Hideout, Sick, Challenge, BAW)

(sw) = Sarcasm Warning

sweat = to watch someone play (usually with the ability to see their cards)

T7 = Daniel's favorite HE hand

TAG = Tight-Aggressive

TID = Take It Down

TIL = today I learned

tl;dr = too long; didn't read

TOP = "Theory of Poker"

TOTD/TOTW/TOTM/TOTY = Thread of the Day/Week/Month/Year

TP/MM = Turn Pro, Make Millions (variations are prolific)

TTIUWP = This Thread Is Useless Without Pics

TTIWWP = This Thread Is Worthless Without Pics

TY = thank you

TWSS = that's what she said

UB = UltimateBet

ul = unlucky (typically said in "sympathy" to someone that suffered a bad beat)

value-cut/value-own (oneself) = betting a hand for value, only to find your opponent calls with a better hand

vaaaamooooo! = goooooo! (in Spanish)

variance = commonly a substitute for "luck" (most often of the "bad" variety)

vlog = video-blog

WA/WB = Way Ahead, Way Behind (used when speaking about poker strategy)

WCOOP = World Championship of Online Poker (an annual series of tournaments on PokerStars)

wp = well played (sometimes sarcastic)

WPA = World Poker Alliance

WPC = World Poker Challenge

WPF = World Poker Finals

WPO = World Poker Open

WPT = World Poker Tour

WSOP = World Series Of Poker

WSOPC = World Series of Poker Circuit Events

WSOPE = World Series of Poker Europe

WTG = way to go

WUG = 'What U Got?' (i.e. 'What do you have?'/'What do you think?')

YSAPASSCKY = You Suck At Poker, And Should Seriously Consider Killing Yourself

YSALSKY = You Suck At Life, So Kill Yourself

YSAPSKY = You Suck At Poker, So Kill Yourself

YSSCKY = You Should Seriously Consider Killing Yourself

Zeebo Theorem = no one ever folds full houses

Zig-Zag = 'when they zig, you zag'; a tongue-in-cheek reference to dscoot's strategy admonition

ZOMG = a more exaggerated, typically sarcastic form of 'Oh my God'zzzzz = standard

[NOFX_PUNK]

Sadly there's a fair few of these I never knew but didn't want to ask! AINEC for example! Ty ty cobaltblue, you are a forum god!

[Royal_Tour]

this is already created in another section of the forum

[NOFX_PUNK]

Royal_Tour, on Wednesday, June 21st, 2006, 1:49 PM, said:

this is already created in another section of the forum

You're already created in abother section of the forum - this is a good comeback! Cobalt is still a forum god...

[Mercury69]

Glossary - A compendium of terms used in the context of a specific literary and/or written device or entity.vnh, sir!

[Timdog1010]

NOFX_PUNK, on Wednesday, June 21st, 2006, 8:58 AM, said:

Cobalt is still a forum god...

I'm instantly convinced that you don't know what a forum god is...

[NOFX_PUNK]

Timdog1010, on Wednesday, June 21st, 2006, 2:10 PM, said:

I'm instantly convinced that you don't know what a forum god is...

Lol I refer more to his thousands of strat posts but hey, if that really is ur azzzz in ur avatar congrats, it appears firm, like mutton!

[Yoda]

I protest this shit entirely. It took me months to figure out all these!

[bdc30]

Royal_Tour, on Wednesday, June 21st, 2006, 4:49 AM, said:

this is already created in another section of the forum

Shouldn't that say,TTIACIASOTF ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Given that we're in the acronym thread and all...lol(sw)

[Royal_Tour]

SEE HOW EASY

NOFX_PUNK, on Wednesday, June 21st, 2006, 4:58 AM, said:

You're already created in abother section of the forum - this is a good comeback! Cobalt is still a forum god...

I dont know what this is??look at my link doosh Bigalow, u idiot

[NOFX_PUNK]

Royal_Tour, on Wednesday, June 21st, 2006, 3:24 PM, said:

SEE HOW EASYI dont know what this is??look at my link doosh Bigalow, u idiot

is that not douch*? As in french for shower? now who's the idiot? Also - I am not sure why i am reflaming a flame on a pointless flame.... if u follow!

[Royal_Tour]

NOFX_PUNK, on Wednesday, June 21st, 2006, 7:41 AM, said:

is that not douch*? As in french for shower? now who's the idiot? Also - I am not sure why i am reflaming a flame on a pointless flame.... if u follow!

No its doosh as in Doosh,. a new version for writting D0UCHEBAG which is a vaginal cleaning device.I've also created a comical spin of deuce bigalow, a movie starring Rob Schnider.do you follow?

[ForRealDD]

FTNITCFIO

[NOFX_PUNK]

Royal_Tour, on Wednesday, June 21st, 2006, 4:46 PM, said:

No its doosh as in Doosh,. a new version for writting D0UCHEBAG which is a vaginal cleaning device.I've also created a comical spin of deuce bigalow, a movie starring Rob Schnider.do you follow?

now I am practically forced to correct u again:a D0UCHEBAG can also be used for anal cleaning - or so I hear!it's Rob Schneider but I got the reference very clever!

[FourFlusher]

I thought FYP was Fugg You Poster.

[Royal_Tour]

NOFX_PUNK, on Wednesday, June 21st, 2006, 7:49 AM, said:

now I am practically forced to correct u again:a D0UCHEBAG can also be used for anal cleaning - or so I hear!it's Rob Schneider but I got the reference very clever!

Well if you want to get technical.Your paragraphs are incorrect. You could also use a D0UCHEBAG for cleaning your rims on your car if you really wanted too. But that still doesnt take away its original product intent, and patented features. So you've failed to correct anything in my previous post, other than the spelling of a short balding actor.

[Timdog1010]

Royal_Tour, on Wednesday, June 21st, 2006, 12:37 PM, said:

Well if you want to get technical.Your paragraphs are incorrect. You could also use a D0UCHEBAG for cleaning your rims on your car if you really wanted too. But that still doesnt take away its original product intent, and patented features. So you've failed to correct anything in my previous post, other than the spelling of a short balding actor.

you know an awful lot about douchebags...

[Jeepster80125]

Timdog1010, on Wednesday, June 21st, 2006, 4:50 PM, said:

you know an awful lot about douchebags...

You would as well if you had been here for as long as Royal.Just sayin'.

[Vick12]

Timdog1010, on Wednesday, June 21st, 2006, 11:50 AM, said:

you know an awful lot about douchebags...

Jeepster80125, on Wednesday, June 21st, 2006, 12:31 PM, said:

You would as well if you had been here for as long as Royal.Just sayin'.

QFT

[CobaltBlue]

Royal_Tour, on Wednesday, June 21st, 2006, 7:49 AM, said:

this is already created in another section of the forum

1) It's in a more "obscure" section of the forums, and was written quite a while ago, so I was unaware of it's existence.2) As for the conent, it's more "poker"-oriented than specifically FCP-oriented.I'm going to add 'mobney' and 'jopke'.