Los Baños poker player wins on opponent’s bluff
Turlock Poker Room 2005 Champion Jesse Aguirre sits at a table of cards. It was a tense moment for Jesse Aguirre. After almost nine hours of Texas Hold ‘em, all eyes were on him and his final opponent, both vying to win the 2005 Turlock Poker Room Champion Tournament.
“After eight hours of playing, you can’t even think straight,” said Aguirre, 40, of Los Baños. “You’re tired and everybody is just watching you. It was really tense and I was so exhausted.”
Looking down at his cards, Aguirre saw that he had no pairs, with an Ace as his high card…
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Poker talk:
- OUT - [1] A card that will improve your hand, often substantially. A hand with many OUTS is preferable to a hand with only 1 or 2. [2] Folded, ineligible to bet or win this hand. "I'm out" is often a synonym for "I fold".
- DRAW OUT - To catch a card that improves your situation from a losing hand to a winning hand, especially when you beat someone holding a hand that usually figures to win.
- 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.
- FORCED BET - In some stud games a player may be required to make a bet to start the action on the first card. This is similar conceptually to blinds and antes, but in this case is dependent on the cards shown rather than player position. Usually the weakest hand is forced to bet.
- NUT / NUTS - The best possible hand of a given class. Not a LOCK unless all cards have been dealt. The "nut flush" is the highest possible flush, but might still lose to, e.g., a full house. Usually used in Hold'em games.
- TOP TWO PAIR - In flop games, having hole cards that make the highest possible two pair hand.
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