When playing a winning rush, stay focused

You’ll occasionally find yourself in a poker game where it seems you can do no wrong. This is known as playing a rush.Depending who you ask, you’ll get a variety of advice on what you should do when the cards keep coming and you’re on fire. One thing’s for sure, you should never leave a poker game that you’re destroying.If you’re winning most of the pots, then by default, other players are losing; now’s the time to take advantage of their potentially weakened mental state. At minimum, continue p

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Wed, December 13th, 2006

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Poker lexicon:

  • BET - To put money into the pot, pursuant to the rules of the game, thus maintaining a chance of winning the pot.
  • MITES AND LICE - A hand consisting of two pair, threes over twos.
  • CUT - To break the deck into 2 stacks of at least 5 cards each. Usually performed by the player to the dealer's right to insure that the the deck is not stacked.
  • BLANK - Used in describing stud and Hold'em games. Refers to a dealt card that does not offer any value; stating the actual rank and suit would detract from a description of the hand. "The last card was a blank.".
  • LIVE BLIND - The last and largest blind bet may or may not be LIVE. If LIVE, the blind bettor has the option of "raising" his own blind in the event the bet is called around to him. This is normal, and is sometimes referred to as "blinds are live".
  • HOYLE - Edmund Hoyle (1769-?) was the authoritative source for rules of card games. Hoyle is to card rules as Webster is to word definitions.
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