The Poker Shrink, Vol 22 - Problem Poker: Part II: What is It Exactly?
So the question arises: Are Problem Poker and problem gambling not the same issue? Even more specifically, don’t most gamblers have multiple problems? Aren’t they betting on sports and playing craps or blackjack
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- The Poker Shrink, Vol 21 — Problem Poker: Part I
- The Poker Shrink, Vol 26 - Problem Poker: Part VI: The Professionals
- The Poker Shrink, Vol 27 - Problem Poker: VII: Some Final Thoughts
- The Poker Shrink, Vol 24 - Problem Poker: Part IV: Diagnosis
- Poker Shrink Vol. 55: Interference
- The Poker Shrink, Vol 25 - Problem Poker: Part V: Treatment Options
- The Poker Shrink, Vol 23 - Problem Poker: Part III: Some Numbers
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Poker argot:
- CRYING CALL - A call made with little chance of ultimately winning, but marginally better than an immediate fold.
- TRIPS - Three of a kind. In Hold'em the term SET is used when two of the three cards are hole cards.
- HOYLE - Edmund Hoyle (1769-?) was the authoritative source for rules of card games. Hoyle is to card rules as Webster is to word definitions.
- PROP - Also PROPOSITION PLAYER. An employee of the gaming establishment whose primary purpose is to keep enough players at a table to prevent breaking up the game for lack of players. Unlike SHILLs "props" make a small hourly wage but play with their own money, winning or losing based on their skill.
- IN - Still eligible to win the pot. "I'm in" is often spoken as one adds chips to the pot, calling.
- MAIN POT - The main pot, as related to one or more side pots, when there are one or more all-in player(s). The main pot is the one in which all active players participate.
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