How To: Start Poker Nights With The Boys
Rounders , Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Boiler Room; these are the movies that come to mind when we think of poker because, after watching them, we want to become pros at the game as well. Knowing how to play the game is like a requirement of machismo, a vindication of manhood.
On poker night, anything can happen; guys are free to be themselves. It’s not about the money, the snacks or the beer. Okay it’s about the money, but it’s also a chance to celebrate being a man.
What’s that? You want to organize a poker night? Here’s what you have to do to make it happen…
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Poker lexicon:
- 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.
- MISDEAL - A hand dealt incorrectly that must be re-dealt.
- S&M - Sklansky & Malmuth. Generally refers to the ideas and algorithms published by these two authors. When used in a 7-card stud context, often refers to "7 Card Stud For Advanced Players", and when used in a Hold'em context, often refers to "Texas Hold'em For Advanced Players".
- ROLLED UP - In seven-card stud, being dealt three of a kind in the first three cards.
- PAT - Holding or being dealt a pat hand. "I'm pat" would mean "I don't want to draw any cards.
- LOOSE - Playing more hands than the norm. Antonym: TIGHT.
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