THE ONLINE POKER CHAT LANGUAGE

The proliferation of technology especially smartphones has gradually influenced the way people communicate and rise of Internet slang and the Online Poker Industry was also not spared. 

Internet slang originated in the early days of the Internet with some terms predating the Internet. Internet slang is used in chat rooms, social networking services, online games, video games and in the online community.The primary motivation for using a slang unique to the Internet, is to ease communication.

Online games provide chat boxes People were writing these weird letter combinations in the chat box, and I had no idea what they meant. I didn't have much experience with online gaming, so most of the expressions were completely new to me.

Every online poker game provides chat boxes to communicate across tables to invoke real time experience.  As an amateur, I could not make out most of the Poker Slangs and short forms from the Chat box. Online Poker was something new to me.

Quoted below are the popular slangs of the Poker Realm.

THE POKER SLANG & ACRONYMS
3-bet 3b	A bet, a raise, and then another raise. The third action is a 3-bet
4b	Four bet
6m	6-max
7SFAP	Seven Card Stud For Advanced Players
AC	Atlantic City
AFAIK	As far As I know
AI	all in
AIPF	all-in pre flop
AP	Absolute Poker
ATF	About The Forums (2+2 Forum)
ATC	any two cards
Ax	an Ace with any second card
bb	big blind
BB	Big Bet
BB/100	Big Bets per 100 hands (standard measure of win rate)
BBL	Be Back Later
BBV	Brags, Beats & Variance (2+2 Forum)
BBV4L	Brags, Beats & Variance For Life (2+2 Forum)
b/c	bet and call a raise
b/f	bet and fold to a raise
BI	Bring In
BR	Bank Roll
BRB	Be Right Back
BTW	By The Way
BWDIK	But What Do I Know
c-bet	continuation bet
cc	check check
c/c	check and call any bet
c/f	check and fold to a raise
CK	Check
CO	Cut Off position immediately to the right of the dealer
CP	CardPlayer
c/r	check raise
DP	Draw Poker
EP	Early Position
EV	Expected Value (+ or -)
-EV	Negative Expected Value
+EV	Positive Expected Value
FE	Fold Equity
FH	Full House
FL	Fixed Limit
FPP	Frequent Player Points
FPS	Fancy Play Syndrome
FT	Final Table
FT	Full Table
FT(P)	Full Tilt(Poker)
FW	Foxwoods Casino
FWIW	For What It's Worth
FYI	For Your Information
FYP	Fixed Your Post
GG	Good Game
GL	Good Luck
GTD	Guaranteed $1m GTD would be a tournament where prize money of over $1m was guaranteed
HE	Hold 'Em
HFAP	Hold'em For Advanced Players.
HH	Hand History
HJ	HiJack position
HL	High Limit Games
HoH	Harrington on Hold 'Em
HORSE	A game that rotates through H - Holdem, O - Omaha hi/lo 8-or-better, R - Razz,
	S - Stud (hi only), E - Eight-or-better Stud hi/lo (all limit)
HP	Hollywood Park
HSNL	High Stakes No Limt (2+2 Forum)
HTH	Head To Head
HU	Heads Up
HUD	Heads Up Display
ICM	Independent Chip Model
IFYW	If You Wish
IGHN	I Go Home Now
IIRC	If I Remember Correctly
IMHO	In My Humble Opinion
IMO	In My Opinion
ISD	Inside Straight Draw
ITM	In The Money
IYAM	If You Ask Me
JAT	Just A Thought
KOTZ	King Of Tthe Zoo - 2+2 tournament
LAG	Loose aggressive (player)
LAP	Loose passive (player)
LC	Low Content
LDO	LOL, Duh, Obviously or Like Duh, Obviously
LHE	Limit Hold 'Em
LL	Lower Limit games
LMAO	Laugh My A** Off (available with numerous variations)
LO8	Limit Omaha Hi-Lo
LOL	Laughing Out Loud, Lots of Luck,etc
LP	Late Position
MGR	Monthly Gross Revenue
MHIG	My Hand Is Good
MHING	My Hand Is No Good
ML	Middle Limit Games
MM	Mason Malmuth
MP	Mid Position
MSNL	Mid Stakes No Limit (2+2 Forum)
MTT	Multi Table Tournament
NH	Nice Hand
NL	No Limit
NT	No Text in post
NT	Nice Try
NSFW	Not Safe For Work
o	offsuited - K7o would be a King & 7 of different suits
O8	Omaha Hi-Lo
OESD	Open Ended Straight Draw
OESFD	Open Ended Straight Flush Draw
OMG	Oh My God!
OOP	Out of position
OOT	Other Other Topics - 2+2 forum
OOTM	Out Of The Money
OPP	Opponent
OP	Original Poster
OT	Off Topic
OTOH	On The Other Hand
PA/PAHUD	PokerAce HUD
PF	Pre Flop
PFR	Pre Flop Raiser
PL	Pot Limit
PLO	Pot Limit Omaha
PM	Private Message
PO	Poker Ofiice
PLO8	Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo
POTD	Post of the Day
POTM	Post of the Month
POTW	Post of the Week
POTY	Post of the Year
POV	Point of View
PP	Party Poker
PP	Pocket Pair
PPM	Party Poker Million tournament
PS	Poker Stars
PSB	Pot Sized Bet
PSR	Pot Sized Raise
PT	Poker Tracker
PTL	Player To My Left
PTR	Player To My Right
QOPTW	Question Of Playing This Way
QOTPW	Question Of This Player's Win
r	rainbow flop
R	Rebuy $11+R would an $11 tournament with rebuys available
RB	Rakeback
R+A	Rebuy &AddOns $11+R would an $11 tournament with rebuys & add ons available
RGP	recreation.gambling.poker - a longrunningusenet, now available as a forum
ROFL	Rolling on the floor laughing with numerous variations
s	Suited - K7s would be a King & 7 of the same suit
sc	suited connector
SMZ	Sklansky, Malmuth& Zee - 2+2 Publisher's/Authors
SB	Small Blind or Small Bet depending on how it is used in sentence.
SD	Standard Deviation
SH	Shorthanded
SNG	Sit 'n' Go tournament
SNGPT	Sit-n-Go Power Tools
SS	Short Stack
SSNL	Small Stakes No Limit (also 2+2 forum)
STT	Single table tournament
STTF	Single table tournament forum (2+2 Forum)
T$	Tournament dollars, which can be used on a particular site to buy into tournaments
T&C	Terms & Conditions
TAG	Tight aggressive player
TC	Terms & Conditions
TL;DR	Too long; didn't read
TOP/FTO	Fundamental Theorem Of Poker
TPBK	Top Pair Best Kicker
TPGK	Top Pair Good Kicker
TPNK	Top Pair No Kicker
TPWK	Top Pair Weak Kicker
TTH	Turbo Texas HE
TTHRIC	This Thread Has Run Its Course
TWIMC	To Whom It May Concern
TY	Thank You
UB	Ultimate Bet
UTG	Under The Gun.
UTG	Under the gun - first position, to the left of the big blind
UTG+1	To the left of UTG
VB	Value Bet
VNH	Very Nice Hand
VPIP	% Voluntarily Put(money) In Pot
W$	Poker Stars Tournament dollars which can be used to buy into Poker Stars tournaments
WA/WB	Way Ahead/Way Behind
WCOOP	World Championship of Online Poker - series of high buy in tournaments held on Poker Stars
WGAFF	Who Gives A Flying Fig
WPT	World Poker Tour
WSOP	World Series Of Poker
WSOPME	World Series Of Poker Main Event