Chuck Blount on poker: ‘Kotter’ star Kaplan schools opponents with five-figure bluffs
Don’t try these moves in your neighborhood home game, because they may not work as well for you as they did for Gabe Kaplan.
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Poker dictionary:
- OVERPAIR - In Hold'em, a pair in the hole that is larger than any community card on the board.
- SEMI-BLUFF - To bluff with a come hand that figures to win if it hits.
- RIDER BACK (TM) - A brand of playing cards that feature a bicycle rider on the back of the cards. Often used in home games. Compare: BEE No. 92.
- STEAM - Playing wildly, calling and raising a lot, because one is upset. Compare: ON TILT.
- DECLARE - In high/low games, declaring one's hand as high or low or both ways (usually done with chips in hand). Usually played in home games; casinos tend to play CARDS SPEAK.
- STRING BET - An unethical and often illegal means of raising whereby a player puts a call-size stack of chips into the pot and, after observing the reactions of the players, then goes back to his stack and puts out more, thus raising.
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