Jeff Haney looks at why some poker books are sure-bet winners with players who want to improve
There will always be a place for memoirs and writerly musings in the canon of poker literature. Mostly, though, readers still just want to learn how to get the money.
Related Poker News:
- Columnist Jeff Haney: On the Nguyen-Win situation enjoyed in Mississippi by the professional poker player from Henderson
- Jeff Haney tells why poker circuit pro Carlos Mortensen’s recent feats at the table may stand alone for years to come
- Jeff Haney antes up with the producer of ‘High Stakes Poker,’ which is entering its second season on GSN
- WSoP colluders caught and barred from Harrah’s
- Columnist Jeff Haney: On a new documentary that exposes poker’s dark side, giving new meaning to the term ‘down and
- Jeff Haney describes the eye-popping cash flow as well-heeled poker pros take on Texas businessman Andy Beal at Wynn
- Jeff Haney is taking a look at the second annual high-stakes, mano-a-mano poker tournament coming up this weekend at
- Jeff Haney on how ‘High Stakes Poker’ is a good bet to become poker’s most popular television program
- Jeff Haney on the prince of poker, Scotty Nguyen, who finished first in the games ultimate test of skill and who …
- Jeff Haney describes a televised poker game in which quads beat out 6s over 5s to claim a $575,700 pot
- Jeff Haney on the personal format of the Heads-Up Poker Championship, set for this weekend at Caesars Palace
- Jeff Haney on a former FBI agent who learned to read suspects and now teaches poker players how to read ‘tells’
Casino poker language:
- SEVENTH STREET - The seventh card dealt in 7-card stud.
- FOURTH STREET - In stud poker, the fourth card dealt to each player. Sometimes used to refer to the fourth community card dealt in Hold'em, although the more common term for this is TURN (q.v.).
- FLAT CALL - To call a bet. Emphasizes that the caller did not raise.
- WIRED [PAIR] - A pair in the hole. In 5-card stud, a door card that pairs the hole card.
- LATE BLIND - In addition to "regular" blinds, some games allow a player (particularly a new one) to post a blind bet in return for the right to enter the game immediately and act last on the first betting round. The amount of the blind is determined by house rules, usually somewhere between the last blind and double the last blind. It is frequently a LIVE BLIND.
- MARKED CARDS - Cards that have been (illegally) altered so that their value can be read from the back.
RSS feed
