Tournament Terminology Galaxy
Understand entries, payout stages, bounties, stacks, and the language behind tournament decisions and results.
Three useful connections.
Add-On
An optional purchase of extra tournament chips at a specified point. Add-ons are common in some rebuy structures and add to total investment.
Read the definition ↗BEGINNERAverage Stack
The tournament's remaining chips divided by its remaining players. It is a descriptive benchmark, not a target each player must meet.
Read the definition ↗BEGINNERBig Stack
A stack large relative to those at the table or in the tournament. A big stack can cover opponents, though chip advantage is not an automatic license to play every hand.
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Every entry has a full definition, practical example, and connections to related concepts.
Add-On
An optional purchase of extra tournament chips at a specified point.
Open definition ↗Tournament Terminology GalaxybeginnerAverage Stack
The tournament's remaining chips divided by its remaining players.
Open definition ↗Tournament Terminology GalaxybeginnerBig Stack
A stack large relative to those at the table or in the tournament.
Open definition ↗Tournament Terminology GalaxybeginnerBlind Level
A stage with a specified blind and usually ante amount.
Open definition ↗Tournament Terminology GalaxybeginnerBounty
A prize awarded for eliminating a designated player.
Open definition ↗Tournament Terminology GalaxybeginnerBubble
The point just before a tournament pays or reaches another significant payout threshold.
Open definition ↗Tournament Terminology GalaxybeginnerBullet
Informal name for a single tournament entry.
Open definition ↗Tournament Terminology GalaxybeginnerChip Leader
The player with the largest stack at a particular point in a tournament.
Open definition ↗Tournament Terminology GalaxyintermediateDeal
An agreement among remaining tournament players to divide prizes differently from the posted payout ladder.
Open definition ↗Tournament Terminology GalaxyintermediateEffective Stack
The smaller stack among players contesting a pot.
Open definition ↗Tournament Terminology GalaxybeginnerFinal Table
The last table remaining in a multi-table tournament.
Open definition ↗Tournament Terminology GalaxyintermediateFinal-Table Bubble
The point just before players combine onto the final table.
Open definition ↗Tournament Terminology GalaxybeginnerFreezeout
A tournament where an eliminated player cannot buy back into that event.
Open definition ↗Tournament Terminology GalaxybeginnerGuaranteed Tournament
An event advertising at least a stated prize pool under its rules.
Open definition ↗Tournament Terminology GalaxybeginnerHeads-Up Match
A tournament or cash contest played between two players.
Open definition ↗Tournament Terminology GalaxybeginnerHyper-Turbo
A tournament with especially short blind levels or rapid structure.
Open definition ↗Tournament Terminology GalaxybeginnerIn the Money
Finishing in a position that receives a prize.
Open definition ↗Tournament Terminology GalaxyintermediateIndependent Chip Model
A model that converts tournament chip stacks and a payout structure into estimates of prize equity.
Open definition ↗Tournament Terminology GalaxybeginnerKnockout Tournament
A tournament where eliminating opponents can award bounty prizes.
Open definition ↗Tournament Terminology GalaxybeginnerLate Registration
The period after a tournament starts when new players may still enter.
Open definition ↗Tournament Terminology GalaxybeginnerMin-Cash
The smallest payout for finishing in the money.
Open definition ↗Tournament Terminology GalaxybeginnerMulti-Table Tournament
A tournament that begins with players spread across multiple tables.
Open definition ↗Tournament Terminology GalaxybeginnerMystery Bounty
A knockout format where an eliminated player's bounty amount is revealed through a draw or other random mechanism.
Open definition ↗Tournament Terminology GalaxyintermediateOverlay
The shortfall between a guaranteed prize pool and the amount funded by eligible entries.
Open definition ↗Tournament Terminology GalaxyintermediatePay Jump
An increase in prize money between finishing positions.
Open definition ↗Tournament Terminology GalaxybeginnerPrize Pool
The money or prizes allocated to tournament payouts.
Open definition ↗Tournament Terminology GalaxybeginnerProgressive Knockout
A bounty tournament where eliminating a player pays part of their bounty and adds the rest to your own bounty.
Open definition ↗Tournament Terminology GalaxyintermediatePush-Fold
A simplified preflop strategy of moving all-in or folding at shallow stack depths.
Open definition ↗Tournament Terminology GalaxybeginnerRe-Entry
A fresh entry into a tournament after a prior entry ends.
Open definition ↗Tournament Terminology GalaxybeginnerRebuy
An additional chip purchase allowed under a tournament's rebuy rules.
Open definition ↗Tournament Terminology GalaxyintermediateRisk Premium
Extra equity required to risk elimination in a tournament compared with a chip-only calculation.
Open definition ↗Tournament Terminology GalaxybeginnerSatellite
A tournament that awards seats or entries to another event.
Open definition ↗Tournament Terminology GalaxybeginnerShort Stack
A stack small relative to the blinds or other players' stacks.
Open definition ↗Tournament Terminology GalaxybeginnerSit & Go
A tournament that starts when enough players register rather than at a scheduled time.
Open definition ↗Tournament Terminology GalaxybeginnerStarting Stack
The number of tournament chips given with an entry.
Open definition ↗Tournament Terminology GalaxyintermediateTournament Equity
An estimate of a player's share of a tournament prize pool.
Open definition ↗Tournament Terminology GalaxybeginnerTurbo
A tournament with faster blind-level progression than a regular version of the event.
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