Many pros view H.O.R.S.E. as real poker championship
On the basketball court, the popular game HORSE determines the best shooter. On felt, H.O.R.S.E. determines the best poker player. “It should be the championship event,” poker legend and 10-time bracelet winner Doyle “Texas Dolly” Brunson says of the $50,000, five-day H.O.R.S.E. event beginning Sunday at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. The tournament alternates play among pot-limit and …
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Poker glossary:
- BAD GAME - Any game in which you figure to be the loser, because the other players are better than you.
- TOKE - Gambling term for "tip", as in "Toke the cocktail waitress". Comes from the term "Token of appreciation".
- SMALL BLIND - In games with two blinds the first blind is the SMALL BLIND because it is usually one-half (or less) the second or large blind.
- PAT HAND - In draw poker, a hand that does not need any more cards. Specifically, a straight, flush, full house or straight flush. One might bluff and represent a pat hand but actually hold something else.
- BET - To put money into the pot, pursuant to the rules of the game, thus maintaining a chance of winning the pot.
- HOUSE RULE - Rules and interpretations (e.g., use of wild cards, or rules on having to show beaten hands) that are specific to an establishment or even tables within the establishment.
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