WHY BLUFFING CAN DRIVE YOU MENTOR
WOULDN’T it be great to have an invisible mini-mentor sitting on your shoulder to advise when to take a specific action?”See that mistake you’re about to make,” your mentor would whisper just before you plunged into some disastrous situation, “I made the same one back in 1925. Let me show you how to avoid it…”Unfortunately life isn’t like that. We must learn from our errors although judging by the questions I’ve been asked since this column first appeared there is definitely room for a little
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Casino poker language:
- BICYCLE - The best possible low hand: A-2-3-4-5. More common term: WHEEL.
- 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.
- BARN - A FULL HOUSE, three of a kind and a pair.
- QUARTER - [1] Twenty-five dollars, often symbolized by a green casino chip. [2] To divide half a pot between two tying hands. In split pot games, a player who "ties" another player for their half of the pot is said to be "quartered". One might say "I didn't bet my A-2 because I figured I'd get quartered".
- OVER - A term used in describing two pair or a full house. "Kings over tens" means two pair, kings and tens. "Jacks over", also "Jacks up" describes a hand that is two pair: Jacks with an unspecified lower pair. Also used to describe a full house, distinguishing the three of a kind from the pair. The hand J-J-J-A-A could be described as "Full house, Jacks over Aces".
- LIVE BLIND - The last and largest blind bet may or may not be LIVE. If LIVE, the blind bettor has the option of "raising" his own blind in the event the bet is called around to him. This is normal, and is sometimes referred to as "blinds are live".
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