Frederico has been writing about poker for over 15 years, with the last 5 at 888poker. He covers everything from player profiles to strategy, always looking for the angle that makes the game click. When he's not writing about poker, he's probably playing it.
Double up means to double the size of our chip stack by winning an all-in bet. The term can be used in both a tournament and cash game setting. It can also be used somewhat loosely – i.e. we can still refer to it as a double up even if we had our opponent covered and didn’t quite win 2x (two times) our stack.
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The term nut flush draw means a flush draw to the nut flush. While the term nut flush should ideally be used to describe a flush only when it’s the nuts, it is often used to describe any Ace-high flush. As such, a player with an Ace-high flush draw might describe themselves as having the nut flush draw despite the board texture being paired (and therefore they are not technically drawing to the nuts).
Cowboys is a nickname given to pocket Kings in Hold’em. It’s the second best starting hand in Hold’em is generally considered strong enough to stack off in the majority of preflop scenarios (unless the stacks start becoming very deep).
To shove in poker means to bet or raise all-in. It is used interchangeably with poker terms such as ‘push’ and ‘jam’. The term is naturally most popular in games with a no limit betting structure because players have the option of going all-in at any time.
Frederico has been writing about poker for over 15 years, with the last 5 at 888poker. He covers everything from player profiles to strategy, always looking for the angle that makes the game click. When he's not writing about poker, he's probably playing it.
