The Real deal: Know when to fold them
The idea that we can fall in love with something against our better judgement may be a common theme of Hugh Grant movies, but poker players do it all the time.Actually, average poker players do it all the time, often to their cost.One of the core skills which differentiates the professional player from the amateur is the ability to fold what appears to be a strong hand when facing adverse circumstances.Conversely, the majority of novice players have a habit of falling in love with big cards at s
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Poker lingo:
- WALK - A pot won by the last blind when no one opens.
- CRYING CALL - A call made with little chance of ultimately winning, but marginally better than an immediate fold.
- INSIDE STRAIGHT - Four cards to a straight, where only one rank will complete the hand. E.g., 4-5-6-8 is an inside straight since only a 7 will fill (i.e., complete) the hand. Often called a GUT-SHOT. Compare: BOBTAIL STRAIGHT, OPEN-ENDED STRAIGHT.
- SUITED - Two or more cards all the same suit. Ant: OFF-SUIT.
- CASE - The fourth card of a particular rank, as in "he folded the case 9" when describing where all the 9s were in a hand. Comes from the game of Faro where an employee of the house, called the "case keeper". kept track of the number of each rank of card remaining.
- STAND OFF - To call a raise. "Opener raises, I stand off".
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