Poker Lit 101
Author, poet, and damn good poker player James McManus made the final table at the 2000 World Series of Poker championship event and wrote Positively Fifth Street about the experience.
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Poker lingo:
- BOAT - A FULL HOUSE, three of a kind and a pair.
- COMPUTER HAND - Texas Hold'em hole cards of Q-7 offsuit. More generically, any hand that computer analysis/simulation determines is positive but turns out to be difficult to play in practice.
- FAVORITE - Before all the cards are dealt, a hand that figures to be the winner. Ant: UNDERDOG.
- RERAISE - To raise after an opponent has raised.
- MIDDLE POSITION - Betting positions approximately halfway around the table from the first player to act.
- SHOWDOWN - The point at the end of the hand where all active players reveal their cards and the pot is awarded to the winner(s).
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