Dont panic when youre short-stacked
So youre playing in a No-Limit Hold em tournament and the cards havent gone your way. Suddenly you reach down to fondle your stack of chips and realize there arent 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 its 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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Poker lingo:
- PAY STATION - A player who rarely folds, thus who frequently calls better hands and loses. Almost as much fun as a LIVE ONE.
- AMERICAN AIRLINES - In Hold'em, a pair of Aces in the hole. Better known (at least in rec.gambling) as POCKET ROCKETS.
- FISH - A player who loses money. An old saying is "If you can't spot the fish at the table, *you* are the fish.".
- DOUBLE BELLY BUSTER - A two-way inside straight. E.g., 3-5-6-7-9.
- THIRD STREET - In Stud, the third card dealt to each player.
- RUSH - A winning streak. Also "ON A RUSH".
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