Cash Game Cosmos
Learn the language of cash sessions, rake, table selection, tracker statistics, and results measured over time.
Three useful connections.
Aggression Factor
A postflop statistic comparing bets plus raises with calls. Commonly AF = (bets + raises) / calls, with zero calls requiring special handling.
Read the definition ↗BEGINNERBuy-In
The amount paid to enter a tournament or obtain cash-game chips. Tournament buy-ins may include a fee; cash-game buy-ins become table chips.
Read the definition ↗BEGINNERCash Game
Poker played with chips representing money that can generally be bought or cashed out under table rules. Blinds usually remain fixed rather than increasing on a tournament schedule.
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Aggression Factor
A postflop statistic comparing bets plus raises with calls.
Open definition ↗Cash Game CosmosbeginnerBuy-In
The amount paid to enter a tournament or obtain cash-game chips.
Open definition ↗Cash Game CosmosbeginnerCash Game
Poker played with chips representing money that can generally be bought or cashed out under table rules.
Open definition ↗Cash Game CosmosintermediateDeep Stack
A stack large relative to the big blind or effective stacks in a game.
Open definition ↗Cash Game CosmosintermediateEffective Rake
The actual fee paid relative to pots or volume in a specified sample.
Open definition ↗Cash Game CosmosbeginnerFull Ring
A poker table with a larger standard player count, commonly eight or nine online.
Open definition ↗Cash Game CosmosintermediateHand History
A record of actions, cards, stacks, and results from a completed hand.
Open definition ↗Cash Game CosmosintermediateHeads-Up Display
Software that summarizes historical hand statistics where permitted by room rules.
Open definition ↗Cash Game CosmosbeginnerMulti-Tabling
Playing at more than one online poker table at the same time.
Open definition ↗Cash Game CosmosintermediatePreflop Raise Percentage
The share of dealt hands in which a player raised preflop.
Open definition ↗Cash Game CosmosbeginnerRake
A fee the operator takes from eligible pots or tournament entries.
Open definition ↗Cash Game CosmosintermediateRakeback
A reward returning part of a player's paid rake under a room's program.
Open definition ↗Cash Game CosmosbeginnerRing Game
Another name for a cash game, often at a table with several players.
Open definition ↗Cash Game CosmosintermediateSeat Selection
Choosing a seat based on opponents and position at a table.
Open definition ↗Cash Game CosmosbeginnerSession
A defined period of poker play used for records and review.
Open definition ↗Cash Game CosmosintermediateShort-Handed
A table with fewer players than a full-ring table, often six or fewer.
Open definition ↗Cash Game CosmosbeginnerStraddle
An optional live blind bet posted before cards are dealt under house rules.
Open definition ↗Cash Game CosmosbeginnerTable Selection
Choosing a table based on game conditions, player mix, and available seats.
Open definition ↗Cash Game CosmosbeginnerTable Stakes
A rule limiting a player's risk in a hand to chips already on the table when the hand begins.
Open definition ↗Cash Game CosmosbeginnerTop-Up
Adding chips to a cash-game stack between hands under table rules.
Open definition ↗Cash Game CosmosintermediateVoluntarily Put Money in Pot
The share of dealt hands in which a player voluntarily invested chips preflop.
Open definition ↗Cash Game CosmosintermediateWent to Showdown
The share of eligible hands in which a player reaches showdown after seeing a flop.
Open definition ↗Cash Game CosmosintermediateWon at Showdown
The share of a player's showdowns that end in a win under the tracker definition.
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