POKER: HANDY TIP IS TO VARY YOUR STYLE
LEARNING what sort of opponent you are likely to come up against when playing poker is just as important as knowing the rules. For you have to be able to change your style to take advantage of different players.
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Useful poker terms:
- DEAD MAN'S HAND - Generically: two pair, aces and eights. Specifically: the black aces, black eights and nine of diamonds. The hand Wild Bill Hickok was holding when he was shot to death.
- DOOR [CARD] - A player's first upcard in stud games.
- PASS - Opposite of bet. To check, if checked to. To fold, if bet to.
- TOP PAIR - In flop games, having a hole card that matches the highest card on the board.
- CALLER - One who calls. Sometimes used collectively, as in "3 callers".
- FISH - A player who loses money. An old saying is "If you can't spot the fish at the table, *you* are the fish.".
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