Poker Author James McManus to Debut New Work in Card Player Magazine
Card Player Magazine is pleased to announce the debut of a new magazine section featuring the writings of well-known poker author James McManus, author of Positively Fifth Street.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.
- TRIPS - Three of a kind. In Hold'em the term SET is used when two of the three cards are hole cards.
- SCOOP - To take all of a pot that is normally split, either by winning both halves outright or winning one half when no players qualify for the other half.
- BARN - A FULL HOUSE, three of a kind and a pair.
- 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.
- BUNNY - An eight. So named because one can easily draw "rabbit ears" above the numeral 8, "paws" in the middle and "feet" at the bottom. (Do this only at home, and not on cards that will be used for play.)
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