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Poker players Table Talk (chat) and Pokerhand Nicknames

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Poker players Table Talk (chat)

This chat glossary will help with the social side of poker when you chat with the other players during the game. Remember, if you type in capital letters, you are SHOUTING! However, using all-caps for acronyms is acceptable.

Table Talk (chat)
 

• BBL
  Be back later.
• BRB
  Be right back.
• BTW
  By the way.
• CYA
  See ya.
• DOH
  Like home Simpsons
• GG
  Good Game: Usually said at the conclusion of a tournament.
• GGA
  Good Game All.
• GH
  Good Hand.
• GL
  Good Luck.
• GP
  Good Play.
• G1
  good one.
• GTG
  Got To Go: A player is leaving.
• HeHe / HaHa
  Giggling, usually expressed to a player that got lucky.
• ITM
  in the money.
• IC
  I see.
• L8R
  Later.
• LOL
  Laugh Out Loud: Used by a player responding to good humor from another player or mocking his own bad luck.
• N
  Nice.
• NC
  Nice call.
• NH
  Nice hand.
• NHS
  nice hands.
• NHWPS
  Nice hand! Well played sir.
• NL
  No limit.
• NLHM
  No limit hold'em.
• N1
  Nice one.
• ROTFL
  Roll on the floor laughing.
• O
  Offsuit, as in KQo.
• O8
  Omaha 8/Better.
• OMG
  Oh My God - Used when a good hand is beaten by an even better hand, also known as a bad beat.
• PL
  Pot limit.
• PLO
  Pot limit Omaha.
• PLO8
  Pot limit Omaha 8/better.
• S
  Suited.
• SNG
  Sit-n-go.
• Str8
  Straight.
• Tilt
  Used by a player on a bad run.
• TY / TX / TU
  Thank You: Comment from a player who has just won a big pot (various versions of this are used)
• TVM
  Thank you very much.
• UW
  You Wish.
• VNH
  Very Nice Hand.
• VN1
  Very nice one.
• VVN
  Very very nice.
• VVNH
  Very very nice hand.
• WB
  Welcome back.
• WCP
  World class player.
• WP
  Well Played.
• WTG
  Way To Go: Congratulatory remark from one player to another.
• YW
  You're welcome.
• YHS
  Your hand sucks. 

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Hand Nicknames

• AA - Pocket rockets, american airlines, bullets
• KK - Cowboys, king kong, ace magnets
• QQ - Ladies, siegfried & roy
• JJ - Hooks, jay birds
• TT - Dimes
• 99 - German virgin
• 88 - Snowmen
• 77 - Sunset strip
• 66 - Route 66
• 55 - Presto, speed limit
• 44 - Sailboats
• 33 - Crabs
• 22 - Ducks
• AK - Big slick, Anna kournikova
• AQ - Big chick
• AJ - Blackjack , Adam & Joe
• AT - Johnny Moss
• A8 - Dead man’s hand, Reet Canny
• A5 - High five
• A4 - Lady-boy
• A3 - Ash tray
• A2 - Hunting season
• KQ - Marriage
• KJ - Kojak, Bill Fillmaff
• KT - Katie
• K9 - Canine
• K8 - Royal Banquet
• K4 - Fork
• K3 - King Crab
• QJ - Maverick
• Q8 - Kuwait
• Q7 - Computer Hand
• Q5 - Granny Mae
• Q3 - Gay Waiter
• J9 - TJ Cloutier
• J5 - Motown
• J4 - Full Employment
• T9 - Countdown
• T7 - Bowling Hand
• T5 - Woolworths
• T4 - Over And Out
• T3 - Rise Of The Machines
• T2 - Doyle Brunson
• 96 - Love Boat, dinner for two
• 95 - Dolly Parton
• 94 - San Fransisco
• 92 - Montana Banana
• 87 - RPM
• 84 - Orwell
• 76 - Union Oil
• 75 - Heinz
• 72 - Beer Hand
• 64 - Arlo
• 32 - Mississippi Slick

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