Another Way
If you’ve read this column before, or read my book Winning 7-card Stud, or read just about any serious poker literature, then you’ve certainly learned about the importance of record keeping.
I won’t go into much detail here, but the bottom line is that you want to keep track, carefully, of how well you do overall and in different game situations so you can see, at a glance, whether you are winning or losing. By looking at how you are doing and how you have done you will get a better sense of what is working and what isn’t working with your game - whether you are in fact employing a profitable strategy or not.
Even so, let me offer up the possibility that there is another valid way to approach the game.
I have a good friend with whom I began my journey into serious poker. She, as I, was determined to learn the game, get good at it, and win money. She succeeded and then moved on to bridge - something she now enjoys much more than poker (perhaps because this … Continue reading Another Way
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Useful poker terms:
- MAIN POT - The main pot, as related to one or more side pots, when there are one or more all-in player(s). The main pot is the one in which all active players participate.
- IMPLIED ODDS - A refinement to POT ODDS which includes money not yet in the pot. Considers the potential extra bets and winnings made when a player forms a very good hand.
- TRIP - Three of a specific kind, as in "Trip sixes".
- SUITED - Two or more cards all the same suit. Ant: OFF-SUIT.
- LOWBALL - Generic term for poker where the lowest hand wins.
- OVER - A term used in describing two pair or a full house. "Kings over tens" means two pair, kings and tens. "Jacks over", also "Jacks up" describes a hand that is two pair: Jacks with an unspecified lower pair. Also used to describe a full house, distinguishing the three of a kind from the pair. The hand J-J-J-A-A could be described as "Full house, Jacks over Aces".
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