Deal a new year of fun poker play
This week marks the one-year anniversary of the Queen of Hearts column. And what a year it’s been! To recap I’ve written 52 columns about poker. Putting my thoughts and dreams about the game I love into words each week has been a very satisfying, and surprising, process.
Related Poker News:
- WSOP Tops Last Year
- Poker the Game of Choice for 10-Year-Old Chinese University Prodigy
- WSOP’s Largest International Attendance Year
- Poker Pro Expands Playing Schedule in Vegas
- Britons Play But Don’t Pay Online Poker
- 2006 WSOP: Surprise Event at WSOP
- One Year for PKR Poker Room
- Poker face-off
- The Final Table, Part Two: Best Poker Players of 2005
- Mizrachi Grinds His Way to the Top of the Field
- UK Poker on the March
- Attendance Dips for World Poker Tour Legends of Poker
Poker terminology:
- MIDDLE POSITION - Betting positions approximately halfway around the table from the first player to act.
- BRODERICK CRAWFORD - In Hold'em, hole cards of 10-4. From the 1950s TV series "Highway Patrol", starring Broderick Crawford.
- 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."
- WHEEL - A-2-3-4-5. Usually discussed in the context of lowball where it is the best possible hand. Can also refer to a 5-high straight in high games. Also: BICYCLE.
- READ - To determine whether an opponent has a good, medium or bad hand by observing his personal behavior. An inexact science.
- THIRD STREET - In Stud, the third card dealt to each player.
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