‘Beating Blackjack’: Poker Pro Andy Bloch Shows You How
Admittedly, most of my casino experiences basically have me ranging from my suite to the poker room and back again. Poker has just always been my passion and to step to another game, even for a change of pace, seemed just wrong to me…
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Useful poker terms:
- DEAD MONEY - Money contributed to the pot by players who have folded.
- POT LIMIT - A game where the maximum bet is determined by the size of the pot at the time. Note that a player wanting to raise first calls the bet, then totals the pot to determine the maximum amount he can raise.
- STAND OFF - To call a raise. "Opener raises, I stand off".
- 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.
- OPEN-ENDED STRAIGHT - Four cards to a straight which can be completed by drawing a card at either end. E.g., 6-7-8-9 is an open-ended straight. Also: BOBTAIL STRAIGHT. Compare: INSIDE STRAIGHT.
- FILL - To draw a card that makes a five-card hand (straight, flush, full house, straight flush).
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