Player manipulates pot with an unbeatable hand
The point of today’s hand is about maximizing value when you flop the stone-cold nuts or something close. But this hand also gives some insight into the kind of mental games some pros will play, perhaps getting less money out of a big hand in order to get into a player’s head, leading to a bigger payoff later. At the World Poker Tour’s L.A. Poker Classic in February 2006, the blinds were $200 to Save
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Poker dictionary:
- SHORT-STACKED - Playing with a only a small amount of money, thus limiting one's risk and reward.
- STACKED [DECK] - A deck that has been arranged to give one player a huge advantage. Also: RIGGED.
- ANTE - A small bet all players are required to make before a hand is dealt. Not all games have an ante. Related terms: BLIND, FORCED BET.
- MARKED CARDS - Cards that have been (illegally) altered so that their value can be read from the back.
- FREEROLL - [1] A poker tournament that does not charge a buy-in fee; players must earn buy-in credits through previous play at the same establishment. [2] Having a lock on part of a pot (sure to win a greater fraction of the pot than one is betting) and playing to win more or all of it.
- POSITION - One's location in the betting sequence, relative to the players still in the hand. First position is first to act.
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