Phelps Plays Poker On Way To Pantheon
Ian Thorpe, the retired Australian, once described emulating Mark Spitz’s seven gold medals at the 1972 Olympics as “unattainable for me and unattainable for anyone”. Michael Phelps begs to differ.
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Useful poker terms:
- KICKER - In hands containing pairs and trips, the highest card not matched. In draw games, sometimes a card kept for deception purposes.
- ON TILT - Playing worse (usually, more aggressively) than usual because a player has become emotionally upset.
- PASSED OUT. - A hand in which nobody opens. What happens next is a function of the game being played.
- MIDDLE POSITION - Betting positions approximately halfway around the table from the first player to act.
- SUITED - Two or more cards all the same suit. Ant: OFF-SUIT.
- BURN - To discard the top card of the deck prior to dealing, usually done for every dealing round except the first. The theory being that if somehow the cards are marked (illegally) no one will know what card will next be dealt, only what card will be burned. This makes marked cards less of an advantage, hence tends to reduce cheating.
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