Poker’s random situations result in varying decisions
Do you bet a big hand in a big way, or do you slow-play in an attempt to trap an opponent? The joke is that the answer to that question and just about every question in poker is, “It depends.” Reason is, so much of the game is based on situations — chip stacks, position, table image and tendencies, to list some of the biggest considerations in no particular order.
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Poker jargon:
- SHARK - A good/crafty player often posing as a fish early in the game.
- DOYLE BRUNSON - In Hold'em, 10-2 in the hole. So named because Doyle Brunson won two straight WSOPs (q.v.) in 1975 and 1976 with 10-2 on the last hand. (Suited (spades) in 1975, unsuited in 1976).
- THIRD STREET - In Stud, the third card dealt to each player.
- PAT HAND - In draw poker, a hand that does not need any more cards. Specifically, a straight, flush, full house or straight flush. One might bluff and represent a pat hand but actually hold something else.
- CASE - The fourth card of a particular rank, as in "he folded the case 9" when describing where all the 9s were in a hand. Comes from the game of Faro where an employee of the house, called the "case keeper". kept track of the number of each rank of card remaining.
- FOLD - To decline to call a bet, thus dropping out of a hand.
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