Misconceptions about Professional Poker
If you are one of the countless poker players that dream of turning professional, check yourself with some facts and with what NOT to do. Never before has it been more possible to have a professional poker career. Yet never before has it been so challenging as millions of poker players have the same idea and dream and they chase those dreams and aspirations at online casino gambling websites, which have opened the door to the dreams of those wanting a career in professional poker.
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Poker lingo:
- TRIP - Three of a specific kind, as in "Trip sixes".
- CARDS SPEAK - Winner(s) of the hand are determined by turning their cards face up, the best hand(s) wins (no declaration).
- BUNNY - An eight. So named because one can easily draw "rabbit ears" above the numeral 8, "paws" in the middle and "feet" at the bottom. (Do this only at home, and not on cards that will be used for play.)
- RUNNER-RUNNER - A hand made using both of the last two cards dealt.
- COMPUTER HAND - Texas Hold'em hole cards of Q-7 offsuit. More generically, any hand that computer analysis/simulation determines is positive but turns out to be difficult to play in practice.
- RIVER - The last card dealt in a hand of stud or Hold'em.
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