Online Poker Staredown: Poker Host Live
One of the things missing from online poker is the ability to read another person’s reactions and mannerisms while playing. This key part of ‘live’ games is an essential talent necessary to have success, but in online play things are different. Well, at least it used to be that way.
Thanks to RIAM and partner PokerHost.com, the “visibility” factor…
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Useful poker terms:
- BLUFF - To make a bet or raise with a poor hand, in hope that the remaining active player(s) will fold.
- HOOK - A Jack. So named because the "J" resembles a hook.
- CUT - To break the deck into 2 stacks of at least 5 cards each. Usually performed by the player to the dealer's right to insure that the the deck is not stacked.
- SMALL BLIND - In games with two blinds the first blind is the SMALL BLIND because it is usually one-half (or less) the second or large blind.
- FREEZE-OUT - A table-stakes game that continues until a small number of players (possibly only one) has all the money. The major event in The World Series of Poker is a freeze-out game.
- POT - The total amount of money bet so far in a hand.
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