Stud Poker Strategy: Do Tell! Part 2 of 4
In my last column I explored some basic skills that would help players figure out what their opponents were likely to hold. These weren’t the giveaway tells that you see in the movies – but were skills of observation, typing opponents…
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Poker terminology:
- POCKET ROCKETS - In Hold'em, a pair of aces for hole cards.
- HOYLE - Edmund Hoyle (1769-?) was the authoritative source for rules of card games. Hoyle is to card rules as Webster is to word definitions.
- RAIL - A barrier dividing the card playing area from a public area.
- RAKE - Money taken from each pot and given to the house in return for hosting the game. Usually a percentage of the pot (5%-10%) up to some maximum amount.
- S&M - Sklansky & Malmuth. Generally refers to the ideas and algorithms published by these two authors. When used in a 7-card stud context, often refers to "7 Card Stud For Advanced Players", and when used in a Hold'em context, often refers to "Texas Hold'em For Advanced Players".
- NUT / NUTS - The best possible hand of a given class. Not a LOCK unless all cards have been dealt. The "nut flush" is the highest possible flush, but might still lose to, e.g., a full house. Usually used in Hold'em games.
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