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:
- FIXED LIMIT - A betting structure where the amount of each bet is a specific fixed quantity. Usually specified as A-B, where A is the amount to bet in the first few betting rounds and B (larger than A) is the amount bet in the later rounds. Related terms: FLAT LIMIT, NO LIMIT, POT LIMIT, SPREAD LIMIT.
- BEE No. 92 (TM) - Trade name for the "diamond back" cards frequently used in casino games. Compare: RIDER BACK.
- MILES OF BAD ROAD - Three of a kind. Prefixed with a number, 3*<N>, to indicate 3 <N>s. Thus "24 miles of bad road" is 3 eights, etc. (This obviously doesn't work for face cards.)
- INSIDE STRAIGHT - Four cards to a straight, where only one rank will complete the hand. E.g., 4-5-6-8 is an inside straight since only a 7 will fill (i.e., complete) the hand. Often called a GUT-SHOT. Compare: BOBTAIL STRAIGHT, OPEN-ENDED STRAIGHT.
- FOUR OF A KIND - A hand containing all four cards of the same rank.
- PASSED OUT. - A hand in which nobody opens. What happens next is a function of the game being played.
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