More Straights Than You Think
“Do you know what a ‘double belly buster straight’ is?” Mike asked me out of the blue.
“No,” I replied, knowing it would have something to do with straights, but not sure how. To me, belly buster generally has something to do with a really good joke that makes people laugh. I suppose a double belly buster could be a joke that is twice as funny, if it had to do with jokes, but he had added ’straight’ to it, so it had to do with poker — and straights of a certain kind. The full name is Double Belly Buster Straight Draw. It means that instead of just being able to hit one “gut-shot” (meaning an inside straight) draw, you have two chances of them going at the same time. For example, if I had a 7-8 and the flop was 4-6-10, I could catch a 5 to have 8-7-6-5-4 or I can catch a 9 for a 10-9-8-7-6.
Mike said that I needed to read Richard Englesteen’s short contribution to Brunson’s Super/System, which is found on page 514 under ‘Hold ‘em Supplement’. A complete li… Continue reading More Straights Than You Think
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Poker jargon:
- OUT - [1] A card that will improve your hand, often substantially. A hand with many OUTS is preferable to a hand with only 1 or 2. [2] Folded, ineligible to bet or win this hand. "I'm out" is often a synonym for "I fold".
- LOCK - A hand that cannot be beat under any circumstances. Also: NUTS.
- MARKED CARDS - Cards that have been (illegally) altered so that their value can be read from the back.
- ON TILT - Playing worse (usually, more aggressively) than usual because a player has become emotionally upset.
- BUNNY - An eight. So named because one can easily draw "rabbit ears" above the numeral 8, "paws" in the middle and "feet" at the bottom. (Do this only at home, and not on cards that will be used for play.)
- WIRED [PAIR] - A pair in the hole. In 5-card stud, a door card that pairs the hole card.
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