Poker Abbreviations 101

If you play poker online, are planning to play poker in a casino, or just read a lot about poker, you're going to find poker people use a lot of short-hand and acronyms.

Familiarize yourself with the following poker abbreviations and you'll be able to read tournament listings, poker articles and books, and follow the online poker room chat with ease.

Poker Abbreviations for Poker Games:

HE -- Hold'em
LHE -- Limit Hold'em
NLHE -- No Limit Hold'em
O8 -- Omaha Hi/Lo 8-or-better
PLO -- Pot Limit Omaha High
PLO8 -- Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo 8-or-better

Poker Abbreviations for Betting and Position:

BB -- Big blind or big bet.
OTB -- On the button
PL -- Pot Limit
NL -- No Limit
SB -- Small blind
UTG -- Under the gun

Poker Abbreviations for Poker Tournaments

AO -- Add On
MTT -- Multi-table tournament
RB -- Rebuy
SNG -- Sit and Go

Other Common Poker Abbreviations:

B&M -- Brick and Mortar
EV -- Expected value