Challenging Chat Boxes?
By: EDUARDO SOLANO

Teaser: Online poker chat has it own terminology, which sometimes can be challenging to new users (or those players who are not part of the Internet Generation.) For that reason, we have gathered the most popular terms exchanged online to boost your chat confidence.

Players accustomed to real card rooms or newbies interested in learning poker virtually may have difficulty understanding the abbreviations used in online poker room chat boxes.

Therefore, the following list will get you ready to chat anytime. Keep in mind that for definition purposes, we have written all abbreviations in caps but they are usually written in lower case unless you want to let the person know you are yelling at them. We have classified the phrases in poker terms, friendly expressions and not-so-friendly ones. Enjoy!

Poker Terms

A Hi ace high
AI all-in
AO Add On

BB big blind, bad beat, big bet
BR bank roll - means how much money you have to play with

C call
C-bet continuation bet
CH check
CO cutoff
CRAI check-raise all-in

EP early position

F fold
FT Final Table

HE Hold’em
HJ hijack (the position to the right of the Cutoff)
HU heads up

LP late position

M your chip stack divided by antes + blinds
MP middle position
MTT Multi-table tournament

NC nice call
NLHE No Limit Hold'em
NL No Limit
N00B newbie

O8 Omaha Hi/Lo 8-or-better
OTB On the button

PL Pot Limit
PLO Pot Limit Omaha High
PLO8 Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo 8-or-be
PP Pocket Pair

R raise
RB rebuy

SB small blind
SH short handed
SNG sit-n-go
SS short stacked
STR8 straight

TPTK Top Pair, Top Kicker

UTG under the gun (first to act)
UTG +1 the person to the left of UTG

V-bet value bet

^^^ refers to the text above

Civil, Friendly Expressions

AAMOF as a matter of fact
AFAIK as far as I know
AKA also known as

BBL be back later
BBS be back soon
B4N / BFN bye for now
BRB be right back
BTW by the way

CYAL8R / CUL see ya later / see you later
CYA / CU see ya, see you

FTW for the win
FWIW for what it's worth

GG good game (well played)
GL good luck
GM good morning
GN good night
GR8 great

IC I see
IIRC if I remember correctly
IMHO in my honest opinion
IMO in my opinion
IRL in real life
IYKWIM if you know what I mean

JK just kidding
JTLYK just to let you know

LMAO laugh my a** off
LOL laughing out loud

NB nice bet, nice bluff, nice buy
NH nice hand
NP nice play or no problem

OIC oh, I see
ORLY oh really?
OTFL on the floor laughing
OTOH on the other hand

PLZ please

SRY sorry

TC take care
TTYL talk to you later
TY thank you

W8 wait
WTG way to go

YW you're welcome

ZZZ bored, falling asleep

Censored, Not-so-friendly Expressions

BDT 'bout darn time
BLNT better luck next time
BS bulls***
BTU back to you

EG evil grin

FCOL for crying out loud!
FU f*** you

GFY go f*** yourself

HHIS hanging head in shame

NOYB none of your business

PITA pain in the @$$
POC piece of crap

RTF read the faq (frequently asked questions)
RTSM read the stupid manual

WTF what the f***

YBS you'll be sorry
YSR yeah...sure...right

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