ON POKER: Betting quickly helps chances in Limit game
When it comes to the concept of fast playing versus slow playing in poker, it really doesn’t matter what specific game you’re talking about.
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Poker lexicon:
- BET - To put money into the pot, pursuant to the rules of the game, thus maintaining a chance of winning the pot.
- OVERPAIR - In Hold'em, a pair in the hole that is larger than any community card on the board.
- POCKET ROCKETS - In Hold'em, a pair of aces for hole cards.
- LATE BLIND - In addition to "regular" blinds, some games allow a player (particularly a new one) to post a blind bet in return for the right to enter the game immediately and act last on the first betting round. The amount of the blind is determined by house rules, usually somewhere between the last blind and double the last blind. It is frequently a LIVE BLIND.
- RIVER - The last card dealt in a hand of stud or Hold'em.
- BOAT - A FULL HOUSE, three of a kind and a pair.
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