Top 10: Poker Stories & Folklore

With the mind-boggling surge in the popularity of poker in the past few years, the game is attracting record numbers of players to casino poker rooms, online poker sites and home games across the planet. Never before has so much media attention been paid to the classic game that rewards skill, mental dexterity, money management, bluffing, luck, patience, deductive reasoning, and an all-around killer instinct.

Anyone who plays the game has dozens of stories of bad beats, classic confrontations and dramatic battles over the green felt…

Useful poker terms:

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.
BLANK - Used in describing stud and Hold'em games. Refers to a dealt card that does not offer any value; stating the actual rank and suit would detract from a description of the hand. "The last card was a blank.".
WHEEL - A-2-3-4-5. Usually discussed in the context of lowball where it is the best possible hand. Can also refer to a 5-high straight in high games. Also: BICYCLE.
WIRED [PAIR] - A pair in the hole. In 5-card stud, a door card that pairs the hole card.
PROP - Also PROPOSITION PLAYER. An employee of the gaming establishment whose primary purpose is to keep enough players at a table to prevent breaking up the game for lack of players. Unlike SHILLs "props" make a small hourly wage but play with their own money, winning or losing based on their skill.
RUNNER-RUNNER - A hand made using both of the last two cards dealt.

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