Don’t get attached to pocket cowboys

The second best hand you can be dealt in Texas Hold’em is two kings. But pocket cowboys can be a scary proposition that can cost you a lot of money when they don’t hold up. The trick to playing kings is to not fall in love with them.When you’re dealt kings, you’re going to play them. The only question is how. The standard answer is to bet them as you would any other strong hand — come in for a moderate raise, say, three times the size of the big blind.Some believe you should make a larger raise

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Wed, November 29th, 2006

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  • OUT - [1] A card that will improve your hand, often substantially. A hand with many OUTS is preferable to a hand with only 1 or 2. [2] Folded, ineligible to bet or win this hand. "I'm out" is often a synonym for "I fold".
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • TRIPS - Three of a kind. In Hold'em the term SET is used when two of the three cards are hole cards.
  • OVER - A term used in describing two pair or a full house. "Kings over tens" means two pair, kings and tens. "Jacks over", also "Jacks up" describes a hand that is two pair: Jacks with an unspecified lower pair. Also used to describe a full house, distinguishing the three of a kind from the pair. The hand J-J-J-A-A could be described as "Full house, Jacks over Aces".
  • FLAT LIMIT - A variant of fixed limit where all bets are the same amount.
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