Lederer & Duke: The Bigger Game
THREE YEARS AGO, DURING THE WORLD POKER TOURS inaugural season, a fellow by the name of Howard Lederer became one of the breakout stars of the early days of the poker boom by winning not one, but two WPT titles. He was a dominant force at the poker table, plain and simple, and everyone who was starting to get hooked on televised poker knew him as one of the best in the world. Nowadays, Lederer isnt exactly a staple of televised final tables. In fact, it seems Howard shows up on TV as an expert
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Poker slang:
- OPEN - Make the first bet in a hand, especially in draw poker.
- BOARD - The exposed cards in Hold'em and stud. Also BOARD CARDS.
- TOURNAMENT - A highly structured game involving potentially dozens of tables where all participants pay an entry fee and obtain a fixed number of chips. Once a tournament has started, additional players may not enter. As the game progresses players bust out and are eliminated until only one winner remains.
- HIT - To make a hand or catch a card or cards that improves one's hand. "I hit a gut-shot draw on the river."
- QUALIFIER - A minimum standard that a hand must meet in order to win. Usually applied to the lowball side of a high-low split pot.
- 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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