Online Poker Strategy Articles
Aaron Bartley
Often times when we're playing poker online, someone breaks us off a little piece of verbiage that we are unfamiliar with. Now, we cannot ask the person what he/she meant by that, because we don't know if it was an insult or a compliment! So, in order to help educate, I've written up this little online poker dictionary. As with a normal dictionary, the word/phrase in question is the first word, in bold, and under it is the translation. To illustrate the word, some words will be shown used in a common sentence, in italics below the definition. Enjoy!
Fish
A term used usually by individuals who just got busted out of a tournament, usually when a better player takes them out in a hand when they are overvaluing a premium hand.
Angrydude01 [Observer] : 'You flipping fish, how could you call my all-in with 55 when I was holding AK!!! AK never loses, fish'
Pot odds
Used to justify calling off insane amounts of chips with a gut-shot/over-cards.
PhloppinPhil: 'Yeah you had a set and I only had a gut-shot, but I had pot odds to call your 1500 chip bet into the pot of 1000.'
Rigged
I don't understand percentages, therefore my dominant hand should win 100% of the time.
GG
I can't believe you called with that sh*t.
NH
I can't believe you called with that sh*t and won
TY
I can't believe you called with that sh*t and lost.
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
My boss at McDonald's is going to by super pissed if I'm late again.
Want to play heads up'
Please, God, don't want to play me heads up!
RiveredRon [Observer] : 'Want to play heads up, moron'' [2.4 seconds elapse]
RiveredRon [Observer} : 'Yeah, that's what I thought fish'
LOL
That was not funny at all, but I cannot come up with an original response.
Is that really you in the picture'
I'm an internet predator
I can't believe I folded 4-2o!
I watch waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much poker on TV.
Does anyone here loan money'
You will never see this money again.
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I just lost my rent money.
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