Poker as a Team Sport?
Poker is often seen as an individual sport and is known for celebrating the different individual defining characteristics that typify the best in the game…
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Poker argot:
- UNDER THE GUN - The position that has to act first in a round of betting.
- TAP - In no-limit games, to wager all of one's money in one bet.
- FOLD - To decline to call a bet, thus dropping out of a hand.
- SHILL - A card room employee who plays with House money, and does not share in any of his (her) winnings or losses. Shills are used to facilitate starting games, and keeping them going. Compare: PROP.
- FISH - A player who loses money. An old saying is "If you can't spot the fish at the table, *you* are the fish.".
- ALL-IN - To have all of one's chips in the pot. A player who is all-in cannot be forced out of the pot by more betting, but is only eligible to win that portion of the pot he has contributed to. Generally, a SIDE POT is created each time a player is all-in.
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