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 lexicon:
- FOUR OF A KIND - A hand containing all four cards of the same rank.
- DRAW - [1] A class of poker games characterized by players being dealt 5 cards face-down and later having the opportunity to replace some of the original 5. "Draw poker" and "Five-card draw" are examples of usage. [2] In stud and Hold'em games, the set of cards that will be dealt later can be collectively called "the draw". [3] To discard some number of cards and have dealt an equal number of replacements.
- UNDER THE GUN - The position that has to act first in a round of betting.
- ON TILT - Playing worse (usually, more aggressively) than usual because a player has become emotionally upset.
- OPEN - Make the first bet in a hand, especially in draw poker.
- SPLIT [THE POT] - To split the pot between two or more players. Related term: QUARTER.
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