POKER: SHORT HAND PLAY CAN PUT YOU IN PROFIT
A SHORT-HANDED poker game is one in which there are six players or less seated at the table. The way you are required to play in order to be in profit is quite different from tables with more players or multi-table tournaments.
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Casino poker language:
- FLOP - [1] In Hold'em, the first three community cards, dealt simultaneously. [2] To deal a flop, or to make a hand on a flop. "I flopped trips".
- CUT - To break the deck into 2 stacks of at least 5 cards each. Usually performed by the player to the dealer's right to insure that the the deck is not stacked.
- COMMUNITY CARDS - Cards that are available for every player to use in making a hand. Usually dealt face up somewhere in the middle of the table.
- TOKE - Gambling term for "tip", as in "Toke the cocktail waitress". Comes from the term "Token of appreciation".
- BIG BLIND - A blind bet, usually a raise of an earlier blind which would be called the SMALL BLIND. In limit poker, the BIG BLIND is usually the size of the minimum bet on the first round of betting.
- MANIAC - A player who bets, raises and reraises without regard to the quality of his hand. Most often found in flop games.
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