Home Poker vs. Casino Poker
I’m hosting a home tournament tonight. Ten of us will compete for a total of $1,000 — $700 for first and $300 for second. I’m cooking a spicy chili and loading up the frige with high alcohol content beer for the game. Hey, since I’m hosting I might as well try and get everyone else drunk so I’ll have some kind of an advantage, no?
Each of the guys coming has a different style of play - and I know them all. I know how each of them plays, having played with them many times before. This knowledge goes both ways, however, as they know my playing style too. Even the players who aren’t very observant would type me as a tight/aggressive player. And the best players probably also know what types of hands I’m more likely to be bluffing with. There may even be someone who has picked up on some mannerism or another that betrays the true strength of my hand - aware of things that even I’m not fully aware of. I hope not. But that’s one of the risks of playing with the same group of … Continue reading Home Poker vs. Casino Poker
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Poker lexicon:
- ROLLED UP - In seven-card stud, being dealt three of a kind in the first three cards.
- MISDEAL - A hand dealt incorrectly that must be re-dealt.
- LIVE ONE - The best kind of opponent, a poor player with a lot of money to lose and in a hurry to lose it.
- BLACK - When referring to chips, black usually stands for $100 casino chips. "This guy sits down with a stack of blacks and raises the first bet." Not ALL casinos use black for $100 but that is the common usage.
- QUARTER - [1] Twenty-five dollars, often symbolized by a green casino chip. [2] To divide half a pot between two tying hands. In split pot games, a player who "ties" another player for their half of the pot is said to be "quartered". One might say "I didn't bet my A-2 because I figured I'd get quartered".
- BOARD - The exposed cards in Hold'em and stud. Also BOARD CARDS.
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