A Better Life, Better Poker

YOU might unknowingly be a victim of terrorism every time you sit down at the poker table. These acts are committed by Thought Terrorists that have been implanted in you by your family, the media, the schools, the government, your peers and your culture.

Other TT you have created in response to being neglected or abused. YOU hold onto these poisonous memories, ideas, thoughts and beliefs. YOU nurture them, obey them, defend them, and worship them. YOU don’t even realize that they exist, or ever consider the terrible damage they do to you and your loved ones.

TT cause stressful feelings that cause mental and physical dis-ease. They interfere with our ability to focus and maintain a dominant and creative presence (at the poker table), and in all of our life endeavors. I take a stand against these destructive terrorists. I will not let them continue to terrorize me through the dreaded feelings they cause. After all, what I have always craved, even as a boy, was personal fre… Continue reading A Better Life, Better Poker

Thu, December 1st, 2005

Useful poker terms:

FOLD - To decline to call a bet, thus dropping out of a hand.
BUTTON - A distinctive token held by the player sitting in the theoretical dealer's position, when a house dealer is used. The button rotates around the table so that every player has an opportunity to be the last to act. Also, "THE BUTTON" can refer to the player who currently has the button. ("I was the button and called the blind".) Synonyms: BUCK, PUCK.
IN - Still eligible to win the pot. "I'm in" is often spoken as one adds chips to the pot, calling.
FILL - To draw a card that makes a five-card hand (straight, flush, full house, straight flush).
RUNNER-RUNNER - A hand made using both of the last two cards dealt.
HOYLE - Edmund Hoyle (1769-?) was the authoritative source for rules of card games. Hoyle is to card rules as Webster is to word definitions.

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