Tournament Poker vs. Cash Games
In a typical cash poker game, you don’t face the pressure of having to win every last chip on the table. Instead, you can play a steady, solid game, looking to make a small profit on the night by playing conservatively and making sure you have top hands when you do play.All that changes when you play tournament poker.In tournament poker, the stakes continue to climb as the blinds and antes increase. This factor alone necessitates a significant adjustment in how you approach the game, but there a
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Poker talk:
- LIVE [CARD] - In Stud, a card probably not held by other players.
- FILL - To draw a card that makes a five-card hand (straight, flush, full house, straight flush).
- TABLE STAKES - A standard rule whereby during a hand players can only bet the money they have on the table. If the bet to a player is more than the player's stack, that player may call with all his chips and be eligible to win only that portion of the pot he contributed to equally. A side pot is created, for which only the remaining players may compete.
- BICYCLE - The best possible low hand: A-2-3-4-5. More common term: WHEEL.
- STAKE - The amount of a player's BUY-IN, or the amount of money they are willing to play with in a given session. Compare: BANKROLL.
- KICKER - In hands containing pairs and trips, the highest card not matched. In draw games, sometimes a card kept for deception purposes.
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