Article Supposes Casinos Take Advantage of Sleepless Poker Players
A popular online poker news magazine recently published an article stating poker was damaging to a player’s health, and in the article a few interesting observations were made. The first observation talks about how clocks are not used in casinos in order to keep time-conscious poker players at the tables. The second one is about how lack of sleep results in a physical change in how the brain processes information, leaving the player more susceptible to risk…
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Useful poker terms:
- STUD - Any of several poker games in which some of each players' cards are exposed.
- HIGH-LOW SPLIT - Forms of poker in which the pot is split between the best hand and best lowball hand.
- OFFSUIT - Not of the same suit. "I held A-Q offsuit" or "The flop was 10-6-2 offsuit". When speaking of 5 or more cards, not all/ of the same suit, i.e., no flush, as in "button had A-K-10-8-7 offsuit."
- NO-LIMIT POKER - A game where there is no maximum bet; a player can wager any amount (perhaps above some minimum) up to whatever money is on the table in front of him.
- RAIL - A barrier dividing the card playing area from a public area.
- DEALER'S CHOICE - In home games, a rule that permits the dealer to name which poker game to be played that hand. Often limited to selecting from a list provided.
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