Variety is the spice of
These days, most people think of poker as Texas Hold ‘Em. It’s worthwhile to remember that Hold ‘Em is only one variation of the game. At this year’s World Series (although Hold ‘Em was by far the most prevalent), Omaha, Seven Card Stud, Razz and 2-7 Draw Lowball were also played.I agree with my friend, author Lou Krieger (www.loukrieger.com), who opines “I don’t want to see many of the other forms of poker dry up and blow away, and I’m hoping the WSOP will help keep all the current forms of pok
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Casino poker language:
- GOOD GAME - A game with players worse than you so that you can expect to win a lot of money.
- RACE - In tournaments it is sometimes convenient to remove all lower-denomination chips from play, as the remaining players' stacks tend to grow. Small chips are converted to larger chips and any odd chips are "raced off" in the following way: each player with odd chips places them in front of his stack and is dealt one card for each chip. Highest card (rank and suit) takes all the small chips and converts them to higher-denomination chips.
- LOWBALL - Generic term for poker where the lowest hand wins.
- NO-LIMIT POKER - A game where there is no maximum bet; a player can wager any amount (perhaps above some minimum) up to whatever money is on the table in front of him.
- ONE-EYED - The jack of hearts, jack of spades or king of diamonds. So named because the characters are drawn in profile, thus showing only one eye.
- BUNNY - An eight. So named because one can easily draw "rabbit ears" above the numeral 8, "paws" in the middle and "feet" at the bottom. (Do this only at home, and not on cards that will be used for play.)
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