Poker Terms and Definitions

Full A-Z of poker terms and poker lingo, So you'll never look like the fish at the table!

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    Gutshot straight

    A straight is considered a fairly strong hand. A gutshot straight is when a player needs one inside card to make his str...

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    Gapper

    The word gapper is used when a player has "gaps" between her hole cards. If she held a 2 and a 4 in the hole, she would ...

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    Gavin Griffin

    Gavin Griffin is a well-known poker player who has won millions. In 2004, he won the WSOP bracelet by winning the $3,000...

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    Gears

    The term gears refers to a player's ability to change his or her style of play, used to keep opponents off-balance. A kn...

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    GG

    GG is often used at online tables and means 'good game'. It is rarely used sarcastically, and most polite players use it...

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    Ghosting

    Ghosting occurs when someone is coaching a player in a live game. It is often illegal to do this in most casinos and fro...

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    GL

    In online games, GL means 'good luck.' It is often used at the very beginning of tournaments with many players offering ...

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    GLA

    GLA means Good Luck All. It is normally given at the start of online Sit and Go games or at the beginning of Multi-Table...

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    Godmode

    Godmode is slang work most often used to describe a poor player who, nonetheless, wins the hands when they come up with ...

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    Going south

    Going South is a poker term that has been around for a long time. It occurs when one player has won a few pots and then ...

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    Greg Raymer

    Greg Raymer is a well-known poker player who in 2004, won the World Series of Poker and $5M to go along with it. He is a...

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    Grinder

    Over the years, the word grinder has come to mean different things to different people. In general, a grinder is a poker...

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    Guarantee

    Online and off-line poker rooms will often set a guaranteed prize pool for a tournament. They do this to get players to ...

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    Gus Hansen

    Gus Hansen comes from Denmark and has been on the professional poker player tour for years. He is the only poker player ...

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    Grinding out

    Grinding Out is a term for the method of poker play in which a player gradually wins small amounts of money/chips throug...

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    GTO (Game Theory Optimal)

    Although Game Theory is technically a branch of applied mathematics used to make rational decisions, in poker, the term ...

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    Gravy

    Different term to describe someone's winnings.

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    Grifter

    A cheater, person who uses deception to gain an edge.

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    Grinding

    Term used to describe playing poker in a more serious manner, putting in the hours. Initially it was used to descri...

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    Gut shot

    Different name for the belly-buster, a straight that can only be completed with four possible cards....