If you play a lot of online poker you will notice people using different online poker abbreviations, poker short hand and poker acronyms. Familiarize yourself with the following list to be current on poker chat:

Poker Abbreviations

HE - Hold'em
LHE - Limit Hold'em
NLHE -- No Limit Hold'em
O8 -- Omaha Hi/Lo 8-or-better
PLO -- Pot Limit Omaha High
PLO8 -- Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo 8-or-better

BB -- Big blind or big bet.
OTB -- On the button
PL -- Pot Limit
NL -- No Limit
SB -- Small blind
UTG -- Under the gun

AO -- Add On
MTT -- Multi-table tournament
RB -- Rebuy
SNG -- Sit and Go

B&M -- Brick and Mortar
EV -- Expected value

NH - Nice hand
VNH - Very nice hand
GH - Good hand
G1 - Good one
GG - Good game
GL - Good luck
GL2U - Good luck to you

General Online Chat

LOL - Laugh out loud
LMAO - Laugh my ass off
ROTFLMAO - Rolling on the floor laughing my ass off
WTF - What the f**k
TY - Thank you
YW - Your welcome