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Gallery
The gallery is the nonplaying spectators who watch a game.
Gambler
A gambler is a player who wagers money at unfavorable edge odds, which means he is the one at a disadvantage in the long run.
Gambling
Gambling is betting money at unfavorable investment and edge odds. It means risking money where the long-term expectation is negative.
Game Theory Optimal (GTO)
Game theory optimal, or GTO, is a way of playing poker that cannot be exploited by opponents. A GTO strategy is balanced: even if the opponent knows exactly what you are doing, they cannot make more money against you than they would by playing the same strategy.
Gap Concept
The gap concept is a rule from David Sklansky which states that you need a stronger hand to call a raise than to open with a raise yourself. The reasoning is that when you open, you may win the pot without a fight, while a caller faces a player who has already shown strength.
Get Full Value
To get full value is to bet, raise or re-raise with the intention of winning as much as possible from a strong hand.
GG
GG is chat shorthand for 'good game'. It is said at the end of a game or a tournament as a sign of sportsmanship, and in online poker players type it after a hand or when somebody is eliminated.
GL
GL is chat shorthand for 'good luck'. Players type it at the start of a tournament or a hand to wish the opponents well.
Go All In
To go all in is to bet all of your remaining chips on a single hand.
Going South
Going south means secretly taking chips off the table during a cash game so that they cannot be lost. It is also known as ratholing and is against the rules in most poker rooms.
Grand
A grand is a thousand dollars, or a thousand units of another currency.
Graveyard
Graveyard is the shift between midnight and breakfast in a 24-hour cardroom or casino. It usually starts between midnight and 2 a.m. and ends eight hours later.
Gravy
Gravy is a player's winnings, especially money won beyond what he started with.
Grifter
A grifter is a cheat, a person who swindles others, often by cheating in card games.
Grinder
A grinder is a player who makes money by playing a lot of hands and winning small amounts at low and medium stakes. Grinders rely on discipline, volume and a steady, sound style, not on big hands or big bluffs.
Grinding
Grinding is playing in a style with minimal risk and modest gains over a long period of time.
GTO
GTO is short for game theory optimal, the strategy that cannot be exploited in the long run. Players use the abbreviation for solver-based study and for play based on balanced ranges.
Guarantee
A guarantee is a guaranteed prize pool for a tournament, set by the poker room that hosts the event. If not enough players enter, the room pays the difference.
Gut Shot
To gut shot is to draw to, or to hit, an inside straight. A gut shot is a draw that needs one card in the middle of the straight.
Gutshot Straight
A gutshot straight is a straight that was filled in the middle. For example, with nine and eight, a flop of 7-5-2 and a six on the turn, you have made a gutshot straight.