Where to hold ‘em, and where to fold ‘em
Poker legend Doyle Brunson, considered the grand old man of the Texas Hold ‘em phenomenon, has often noted the paradoxical ways life has changed for him and the game he plays. “In the old days, you used to get arrested for the very same thing that you get on TV for now, the 72-year-old Brunson said this year. Hey, Doyle, in Baltimore, it still is the old days.The criminal charges against 80 players, stemming from a raid on a private card club in the city Wednesday night during which police seize …
Related Poker Players and Poker Legends News:
- Poker Pros Understand Fold Equity
- Poker-lovers’ chance to put skills to the test
- Teen center to host Texas Hold ‘Em Poker Tournament
- Westmoreland County man, who claimed poker was game of skill and not gambling, guilty of organizing tournaments
- A lousy hand for poker’s top promoter
- Video poker vote on hold WR council to revisit issue Dec. 5
- Now you can hold or fold ‘em in Vegas’ booming poker parlors
- What a Deal
- Knowing when to lay down is one key to survival
- Poker tour to return
- Poker heats up in Nebraska
- Wildhorse’s Fall Poker Roundup kicks off Nov. 5
Poker slang:
- HOLE CARDS - In Stud and Hold'em, the face-down cards dealt to each player.
- STUD - Any of several poker games in which some of each players' cards are exposed.
- OVERPAIR - In Hold'em, a pair in the hole that is larger than any community card on the board.
- CASE - The fourth card of a particular rank, as in "he folded the case 9" when describing where all the 9s were in a hand. Comes from the game of Faro where an employee of the house, called the "case keeper". kept track of the number of each rank of card remaining.
- READ - To determine whether an opponent has a good, medium or bad hand by observing his personal behavior. An inexact science.
- PROP - Also PROPOSITION PLAYER. An employee of the gaming establishment whose primary purpose is to keep enough players at a table to prevent breaking up the game for lack of players. Unlike SHILLs "props" make a small hourly wage but play with their own money, winning or losing based on their skill.
RSS feed
