ON POKER: Learning to play from the small blind
Without question, playing correctly from the small blind is the poker topic that’s been least covered. Most books discuss position, starting hand requirements and pot odds, but I’ve yet to see any solid information on how to play from the small blind.
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Useful poker terms:
- FULL HOUSE - A hand consisting of 3-of-a-kind and a (different) pair.
- OPEN-HANDED - A category of games characterized by a part of each player's hand being exposed.
- HIGH-LOW SPLIT - Forms of poker in which the pot is split between the best hand and best lowball hand.
- 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.
- PASSED OUT. - A hand in which nobody opens. What happens next is a function of the game being played.
- NICKEL - Five dollars, usually represented by a red casino check.
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