Learn how to handle the blinds
AS the blinds are a forced bet you need to learn how to play when you have posted, otherwise you will find a proportion of your bankroll is wasted. I follow some simple rules and they have always stood me in good stead.
The most common way to lose when you have posted the big blind is to call an opponent’s raise with a bad set of cards, because you have already contributed to the pot and you don’t want to lose those chips. In most cases however you will end up losing a lot more than just the big blind…
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Poker glossary:
- FULL OF - Describes a full house. "Fives full of queens" is 5-5-5-Q-Q.
- RAINBOW - In flop games, a flop in which no two cards are of the same suit. "The flop was A 9 7 rainbow."
- GUT SHOT - A draw to an inside straight, as in 2-3-4-6.
- CASE - The fourth card of a particular rank, as in "he folded the case 9" when describing where all the 9s were in a hand. Comes from the game of Faro where an employee of the house, called the "case keeper". kept track of the number of each rank of card remaining.
- SCOOP - To take all of a pot that is normally split, either by winning both halves outright or winning one half when no players qualify for the other half.
- NO-LIMIT POKER - A game where there is no maximum bet; a player can wager any amount (perhaps above some minimum) up to whatever money is on the table in front of him.
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