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UTG

UTG adjective: sitting to the left of the big blind (BB), thus being the first to play in many varieties of poker, including Texas hold 'em and Omaha.

Adjective

UTG (not comparable)

  1. Sitting to the left of the big blind (BB), thus being the first to play in many varieties of poker, including Texas hold 'em and Omaha.
    • The UTG player.

Adverb

UTG (not comparable)

  1. In the UTG position.
    • Playing UTG.

Noun

UTG

  1. A UTG player.
    • UTG raises 3 big blinds.

Origin of UTG

Initialism of under the gun. From the fact that being UTG (i.e., the first to play) is often considered a strategically disadvantageous position.

Questions about UTG

What does UTG mean?
UTG means sitting to the left of the big blind (BB), thus being the first to play in many varieties of poker, including Texas hold 'em and Omaha.
What part of speech is UTG?
UTG can be an adjective, an adverb or a noun.

Words near UTG in the dictionary

  1. utfangethef
  2. utfangthef
  3. utfangthief
  4. UTFs
  5. UTFSE
  6. UTG
  7. Utgard
  8. Uthai Thani
  9. uthappam
  10. uthappams
  11. Uthe

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Adapted from Wiktionary: UTG (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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