Chuck Blount on poker: Legendary bad beats still seen on Web
It’s impossible to tell where the biggest poker game in the world takes place, but the richest games played in a public setting are found in the “Big Game” at the Bellagio in Las Vegas.Save
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Poker jargon:
- FIXED LIMIT - A betting structure where the amount of each bet is a specific fixed quantity. Usually specified as A-B, where A is the amount to bet in the first few betting rounds and B (larger than A) is the amount bet in the later rounds. Related terms: FLAT LIMIT, NO LIMIT, POT LIMIT, SPREAD LIMIT.
- EXPECTATION - The long-run [dis-]advantage of a given situation, specifically without reference to any particular outcome. I.e., what you figure to win [lose] on average after a large number of repetitions of the same situation.
- REPRESENT - Implying, by one's betting style, that one has a particular hand.
- MARKED CARDS - Cards that have been (illegally) altered so that their value can be read from the back.
- BRODERICK CRAWFORD - In Hold'em, hole cards of 10-4. From the 1950s TV series "Highway Patrol", starring Broderick Crawford.
- BLUFF - To make a bet or raise with a poor hand, in hope that the remaining active player(s) will fold.
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