No ‘Sophomore Slump’ in Poker?
In sports, writing, and music, the ’sophomore slump’ is a well known phenomenon. Baseball players like Joe Charboneau, Mark Fidrych, and Bob Hamelin all won Rookie of the Year honors…
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Casino poker language:
- HIGH-LOW SPLIT - Forms of poker in which the pot is split between the best hand and best lowball hand.
- OVERPAIR - In Hold'em, a pair in the hole that is larger than any community card on the board.
- SHARK - A good/crafty player often posing as a fish early in the game.
- BIG BLIND - A blind bet, usually a raise of an earlier blind which would be called the SMALL BLIND. In limit poker, the BIG BLIND is usually the size of the minimum bet on the first round of betting.
- STRAIGHT FLUSH - A hand consisting of 5 cards in sequence and the same suit.
- STEAM - Playing wildly, calling and raising a lot, because one is upset. Compare: ON TILT.
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