Looking into the dark side of televised poker tournaments
The influx of new players into poker — many of them young and influenced by TV coverage — is breeding two varieties of bad behavior at the tables, professional gambler Alan Boston says. The first, easier to identify, entails showboating by players — jumping around to celebrate a winning hand, mugging for the cameras, talking trash. Boston has no use for such players, dismissing them as “media whores”. The second kind of poor behavior is subtler but more nefarious, Boston says. It involves overac…
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Poker lingo:
- FLOORMAN - The casino representative in charge of the card room or a section of a card room. Arbitrates disputes when unusual events happen.
- DEAD MONEY - Money contributed to the pot by players who have folded.
- RAGS - Board cards that are small, not suited and not in sequence, e.g., 9-5-2. When "rags flop", it is unlikely that anyone has a good hand, except possibly the big blind in an unraised pot.
- RAKE - Money taken from each pot and given to the house in return for hosting the game. Usually a percentage of the pot (5%-10%) up to some maximum amount.
- BIG SLICK - In Texas Hold'em, hole cards of A-K, suited or not.
- THIRD STREET - In Stud, the third card dealt to each player.
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