Don’t panic when you’re short-stacked

So you’re playing in a No-Limit Hold ’em tournament and the cards haven’t gone your way. Suddenly you reach down to fondle your stack of chips and realize there aren’t many there for the clacking. No one wants to encounter a short-stacked situation, but it happens to everyone and it happens often. Having a short stack makes cashing a long, arduous, uphill road, but it’s a road that can be conquered with a combination of luck and patience.There are varying definitions for what qualifies as a shor

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Casino poker language:

• BET - To put money into the pot, pursuant to the rules of the game, thus maintaining a chance of winning the pot.
• ROLLED UP - In seven-card stud, being dealt three of a kind in the first three cards.
• REPRESENT - Implying, by one's betting style, that one has a particular hand.
• 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.
• REBUY - [1] To purchase additional chips after an initial buy-in, usually after losing most or all of the previous buy-in. This term is most often used in certain tournaments where if one loses all one's chips, or falls below a certain minimum chip level, for an additional sum of money one can purchase a fixed amount of additional tournament chips. Usually there is a time limit (The "REBUY PERIOD") as to how long rebuys are allowed. [2] The additional chips "rebought" in tournament play.
• FACE CARD - A jack, queen or king (a card with a face on it, not joker).