Chuck Blount on poker: Small blind play can lead to big mistakes
Poker is a game in which danger lurks around every corner, and one of the game’s more devious aspects is the temptation to enter too many hands from the small blind.
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Casino poker language:
- CRYING CALL - A call made with little chance of ultimately winning, but marginally better than an immediate fold.
- STRING BET - An unethical and often illegal means of raising whereby a player puts a call-size stack of chips into the pot and, after observing the reactions of the players, then goes back to his stack and puts out more, thus raising.
- FORCED BET - In some stud games a player may be required to make a bet to start the action on the first card. This is similar conceptually to blinds and antes, but in this case is dependent on the cards shown rather than player position. Usually the weakest hand is forced to bet.
- TRIP - Three of a specific kind, as in "Trip sixes".
- DOUBLE BELLY BUSTER - A two-way inside straight. E.g., 3-5-6-7-9.
- FLAT CALL - To call a bet. Emphasizes that the caller did not raise.
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