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By Poker Glossary, do you want any type of poker terms like the following ok?
Check (as opposed to "checks")
No bet or pass the action to next player
usage: This son of bitch, all night he, "Check. Check. Check." He trap me!
Doyle Brunson
:tx::2x:
Named after the poker great after he won back-to-back WSOP main event titles (1976 & 1977) with this hand.
Dead Man's Hand
:ax::ax::8x::8x:
Hand that Wild Bill Hickock was rumored to have when he was killed.
Tap
Old poker terminology. To bet "All-In" or bet all the chips or money in front of you.
usage: With the nuts, Livingston tapped.
Gutshot Straight Draw
Drawing to an inside straight
Double Gutshot Straight Draw
Drawing to an outside or open ended straight
By Poker Glossary, do you want any type of poker terms like the following ok?
Check (as opposed to "checks")
No bet or pass the action to next player
usage: This son of bitch, all night he, "Check. Check. Check." He trap me!
Doyle Brunson
:tx::2x:
Named after the poker great after he won back-to-back WSOP main event titles (1976 & 1977) with this hand.
Dead Man's Hand
:ax::ax::8x::8x:
Hand that Wild Bill Hickock was rumored to have when he was killed.
Tap
Old poker terminology. To bet "All-In" or bet all the chips or money in front of you.
usage: With the nuts, Livingston tapped.
Gutshot Straight Draw
Drawing to an inside straight
Double Gutshot Straight Draw
Drawing to an outside or open ended straight
These are perfect, they provide insightful information need, and its a full range of terms! Makes it easy to put in the Glossary
I am also excited about Tap, we don't want the Glossary to be confusing or wrong, the Glossary is hopefully from the members for the members! There is a group of us that curate the Glossary, if it's confusing to me or I don't understand it, then (hopefully) I'm not alone and we should take a closer look at a term.
Discourse doesn't bother me, if I'm wrong explain it to me please, I don't know everything, but I can try!
I think this might be ambiguous, Tap is typically associated with 'Tap out' or 'Tapped' meaning quit, or all out of Funds.
Tap
Old poker terminology. To bet "All-In" or bet all the chips or money in front of you.
usage: With the nuts, Livingston tapped.
I think this could be ambiguous; Tap is usually linked to "Tap out" or "Tapped" meaning to quit, or being completely out of funds.
Tap
Old poker jargon. To bet "All-In" or wager all the chips or money before you.
usage: With the nuts, Livingston tapped.
I suspect the usage of "tap" likely came from what you mentioned about being "all out of funds." I checked the term in the glossaries of a couple of older poker books and they defined it like this:
The Complete Guide to Winning Poker by Albert Morehead (1967):
Tap:
rap on the table to indicate a pass or waiver of the cut,
bet the entire amount of chips in front of oneself, or
make a bet that forces another player to bet all his chips, or fold.
Super System by Doyle Brunson (1978):
Tap:
To go all-in
Tap City:
A slang expression meaning that a player went completely broke, i.e., he went to Tap-City
Tap Out or Tapped Out:
See Tap City
Because the term is rarely used today, I think it's reasonable to omit it. Keep up the good work!
I agree it isn’t used this way today; I appreciate that you provided sources, that’s really helpful!
That said, I think we should include it and reference all three definitions!
Ego Player
A player who is more focused on proving that he is the best and/or most knowledgeable player at the table, over and above actually winning hands and money
[Heard this one a couple of times recently while listening to poker podcasts / commentaries, had not encountered it before; not sure how common it is]
chip lock when someone is up and shuts down vpip to lock up the win
river rat. when someone was behind the whole way and then makes their hand on the river
pin the tail on the donkey - catch-all term for excessively gambly bomb pot variations
sudden death - the moniker for a complete orbit of PLO DBBP (double board bomb pots)
sudden death - the nickname for a full orbit of plo dbbp (double board bomb pots)
welcome to the forums, thats an average Tuesday night around here, and one of the more tame ones.
BBA stands for Big Blind Ante
Jaxen used “BBA” in a post. It wasn’t listed in your Glossary, so I asked ChatGPT
His mention of BBA was in reference to ‘Bitch Biting Asshole’
To me this doesn’t meet the minimum usage to include it. It shouldn't be a supplement to someone not articulating clearly,
I'm not the only one to currate the list and if you can make a compelling argument or argument of populum I'd cave and add it.
His mention of BBA was in reference to ‘Bitch Biting Asshole’
To me this doesn’t meet the minimum usage to include it. It shouldn't be a supplement to someone not articulating clearly,
I'm not the only one to currate the list and if you can make a compelling argument or argument of populum I'd cave and add it.
BBA => Big Blind Ante
Jaxen mentioned “BBA” in a post. But I couldn’t find it in your Glossary. I had to ask ChatGPT
BBA (or BB ante) is a term that is used widely on PCF. The reply from @Jaxen (https://www.pokerchipforum.com/members/21883/) I mentioned in my suggestion is => “It has per player antes (I dislike BBA for reason's I've explained)” => Live tournament with smaller blinds? (Jaxen's Reply) (https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/live-tournament-with-smaller-blinds.145536/post-2959683)
Here are a few other threads where BBA is used (there are plenty of others):
BBA -> UTG ante; "stack surrender" conditions (https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/bba-utg-ante-stack-surrender-conditions.139904/)
Big Blind Ante (https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/big-blind-ante.81454/)
Please reconsider my recommendation to add BBA (or BB ante) term to the glossary. The definition could be something like the following:
BBA => Big Blind Ante
Instead of every player putting in an individual ante, the big blind player posts the ante for the entire table.
For example, in a $1/$2 game with a $2 big-blind ante:
Small blind: $1
Big blind: $2
Big blind ante: $2
Total pot before action: $5
This is common in tournaments and some cash games because it speeds up play.