Don’t believe what you see on television
While watching televised poker is an excellent way to learn how to play the game, you really need to be careful about how you interpret what you’re seeing.The key point to remember is that you’re watching an edited-down poker show. You’re not seeing all the hands played, and that can give you a skewed version of what is really happening.For example, you might have seen me make a bluff in a certain situation that looked foolish because my opponent called. What you might not have seen, however, is
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Poker talk:
- 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.
- POCKET PAIR - Generic Hold'em term for 2 hole cards of the same rank.
- PASSED OUT. - A hand in which nobody opens. What happens next is a function of the game being played.
- 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.
- KICKER - In hands containing pairs and trips, the highest card not matched. In draw games, sometimes a card kept for deception purposes.
- BLACK - When referring to chips, black usually stands for $100 casino chips. "This guy sits down with a stack of blacks and raises the first bet." Not ALL casinos use black for $100 but that is the common usage.
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