It Was US Against Them In Poker Event
Poker, by its very nature, is a competitive game; whether in tournaments or in cash games, the player with the most chips wins in the end. With the card game enjoying unprecedented popularity around the globe, tournament organizers and TV producers are always on the hunt for new ways of presenting and playing poker in order to keep it fresh. In a recent event that was filmed for Fox Sports Network, the idea was to pit countries against each other to determine who was the best.
There was a twist however; on one side was the group of American players, and on the other wasthe rest of the world…
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Poker lexicon:
- MARKED CARDS - Cards that have been (illegally) altered so that their value can be read from the back.
- FOLD - To decline to call a bet, thus dropping out of a hand.
- POT LIMIT - A game where the maximum bet is determined by the size of the pot at the time. Note that a player wanting to raise first calls the bet, then totals the pot to determine the maximum amount he can raise.
- TOP TWO PAIR - In flop games, having hole cards that make the highest possible two pair hand.
- BET FOR VALUE - Betting a hand that, in the long run, is expected to win more than it loses. Antonym: BLUFF.
- OFFSUIT - Not of the same suit. "I held A-Q offsuit" or "The flop was 10-6-2 offsuit". When speaking of 5 or more cards, not all/ of the same suit, i.e., no flush, as in "button had A-K-10-8-7 offsuit."
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