To become great, you must steal
During televised poker tournaments, you’ll often here the commentators talk about stealing blinds.What they are referring to is when a player, holding a junk hand, raises before the flop, in the hopes of winning the blinds and antes without a fight.It’s a very effective and profitable strategy when handled properly. In fact, one of the key elements that differentiate a great tournament player from an average one is the way he utilizes blind stealing.If you want to be a great player too, you must
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Useful poker terms:
- BEE No. 92 (TM) - Trade name for the "diamond back" cards frequently used in casino games. Compare: RIDER BACK.
- SHORT-STACKED - Playing with a only a small amount of money, thus limiting one's risk and reward.
- LIVE [CARD] - In Stud, a card probably not held by other players.
- 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.
- 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.
- MANIAC - A player who bets, raises and reraises without regard to the quality of his hand. Most often found in flop games.
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