Jeff Haney on the personal format of the Heads-Up Poker Championship, set for this weekend at Caesars Palace
A poker tournament based on a series of head-to-head matches carries a more intimate feel than a traditional event, along with a unique set of challenges.
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Poker talk:
- SEMI-BLUFF - To bluff with a come hand that figures to win if it hits.
- 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."
- CHECK RAISE - To check initially, then raise a bet made later on in the same betting round. Frequently a sign of strength, but may be a bluff.
- 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.
- ON TILT - Playing worse (usually, more aggressively) than usual because a player has become emotionally upset.
- FLUSH - A poker hand consisting of five cards all one suit.
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