Help with poker Lingo

[Ziggy13]

I'm trying to learn but get confused with ALL the lingo. Can anyone give me a rundown on what it all means. Is there a dictionary some where??

[scrawnybob]

hi

yep here is the 4kingpoker poker dictionary of lingo and poker terms ...

dictionary of poker terms

cheers scrawnybob

[ND1991]

So I had a guy screaming at me about raising with A8 under the gun.

I thought UTG was the first position to have a chance to act on a hand?

Here is the hand history of the play. Obviously he was upset because I rivered the I was chasing for the nut flush. However, I thought I was in early position not under the gun. I thought UTG was the first position to act, not the first player to give action. Any help appreciated.

And I probably should not have called the first re-raise and I figured I was behind, BUT this guy was playing pretty aggressive (about 30% of the hands) and was re-raising my pre-flop raises about 50% of the time. Then the flop hits and he bets less than half the pot so I called. Why I called the turn? NO IDEA! Maybe a leak. Boy was he steaming when the river hit!

PokerStars Game #31730966275: Tournament #187904857, $20+$2 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2009/08/17 10:35:43 ET
Table '187904857 1' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: ND1991 (1580 in chips) -- this is me in early position? or am I utg?
Seat 2: chams55 (1620 in chips)
Seat 3: MrOrca (2550 in chips)
Seat 4: _miepjes_ (1335 in chips)
Seat 5: ktmduke11 (2660 in chips)
Seat 6: Ricardo Qu. (1800 in chips) -- button
Seat 8: bozodogo (490 in chips) -- small blind
Seat 9: juanpe21 (1465 in chips) -- big blind
bozodogo: posts small blind 25
juanpe21: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ND1991 [8h Ah]
ND1991: raises 100 to 150
chams55: folds
MrOrca: raises 300 to 450
_miepjes_: folds
ktmduke11: folds
Ricardo Qu.: folds
bozodogo: folds
juanpe21: folds
ND1991: calls 300
*** FLOP *** [9c 6h Jh]
ND1991: checks
MrOrca: bets 450
ND1991: calls 450
*** TURN *** [9c 6h Jh] [6d]
ND1991: checks
MrOrca: bets 500
ND1991: calls 500
*** RIVER *** [9c 6h Jh 6d] [Kh]
ND1991: bets 180 and is all-in
MrOrca: calls 180
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ND1991: shows [8h Ah] (a flush, Ace high)
MrOrca: shows [Ac As] (two pair, Aces and Sixes)
ND1991 collected 3235 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3235 | Rake 0
Board [9c 6h Jh 6d Kh]
Seat 1: ND1991 showed [8h Ah] and won (3235) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 2: chams55 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: MrOrca showed [Ac As] and lost with two pair, Aces and Sixes
Seat 4: _miepjes_ folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: ktmduke11 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Ricardo Qu. (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: bozodogo (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: juanpe21 (big blind) folded before Flop

[LombardiStix]

Yeah UTG is the player to the left of the big blind. The first player to call raise or fold.

When a player makes a move (raises) UTG it is considered a strong hand because obviously it is not the preferred position so playing by the "standard" rules you should have been stronger than A8, but in my opinion he didn't raise enough to be sure of your hand. His raise was to make the pot bigger, while keeping you in the hand. And he did so throughout the hand. On the flop he stared at two hearts and still bet only 450 into a 900 pot. If he wanted to protect his A's he would have gotten you out of the hand right then.

He was angry at his poor decisions (if he realized he made them) and your loosish calling UTG.

Stix

[ND1991]

Yeah he tilted real bad when I told him he got greedy trying to get all my chips and that he should have bet bigger on the flop and I would have gone away.

See my post in MTT tournies and how tight I play. I try to loosen up a little, pick a bad time -- my opponent has AA -- and then hit the 9-outer on the river for a big double up. go figure. LOL

[spowers454]

Yea stix is right. The preflop play could be called into question but his post flop play was asking to lose. 9 times out of 10 you can't bet someone out of a hand by betting what they already have invested into the pot. It shows no strenth at all and begs for the call. His turn bet was even worse, bets 500 on what is not about a 2000 pot and only left himself/herself with 180. You already called 900 the only shot they had to get a fold was to go all-in for 680 and hope that you were done chasing. Even then it was still not a huge bet but if someone is all-in you have to give them some credit for a hand. Oh well it worked out for you, hope you called them an idiot as they finished misplaying hands and donking out. Got to love it when newbies play bad and lose and complain about it.

[pothole]

Nothing to add, the 2 answers given are 100% right. The other dude should have considered you were on a flush draw with the check call on the flop and pushed on the turn.