Isabelle ‘No Mercy’ Mercier on Breaking Through in Poker
If Isabelle Mercier hadn’t been asked to take up a position as the manager of the Aviation Club in Paris eight years ago, and therefore decided against playing poker full time, you might very well have been able to hire her as your lawyer….
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Poker glossary:
- READ - To determine whether an opponent has a good, medium or bad hand by observing his personal behavior. An inexact science.
- BIG BLIND - A blind bet, usually a raise of an earlier blind which would be called the SMALL BLIND. In limit poker, the BIG BLIND is usually the size of the minimum bet on the first round of betting.
- COLD CALL - Calling both a bet and raise at the same time, as opposed to calling a bet then later calling a raise made after the call.
- ANTE - A small bet all players are required to make before a hand is dealt. Not all games have an ante. Related terms: BLIND, FORCED BET.
- 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.
- LITTLE SLICK - In Hold'em, hole cards of A-2, suited or not.
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