ON POKER: Trash hands can yield returns if played right
You might ask why a top-notch player such as Gus Hansen plays cards like 9-2 offsuit in televised tournaments. Any poker book in the world puts a hand like that in the trash category. Hopefully, after you finish reading this column, you’ll have a better understanding of the theory behind playing trash hands, from time to time, and when it might be right to do so.
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Poker lingo:
- DECLARE - In high/low games, declaring one's hand as high or low or both ways (usually done with chips in hand). Usually played in home games; casinos tend to play CARDS SPEAK.
- PASS - Opposite of bet. To check, if checked to. To fold, if bet to.
- ROLLED UP - In seven-card stud, being dealt three of a kind in the first three cards.
- FREEROLL - [1] A poker tournament that does not charge a buy-in fee; players must earn buy-in credits through previous play at the same establishment. [2] Having a lock on part of a pot (sure to win a greater fraction of the pot than one is betting) and playing to win more or all of it.
- WALK - A pot won by the last blind when no one opens.
- MITES AND LICE - A hand consisting of two pair, threes over twos.
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