POKER’S ICONOCLAST
Any professional poker player can expound on technical topics such as how to play pocket pairs under the gun or when to re raise the pot from late position.
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Poker lingo:
- ACTION - Money that is being bet. "NO ACTION" means a hand or game has few bettors and fewer raisers. "Gimme some action" is ostensibly a plea for calls and raises.
- QUARTER - [1] Twenty-five dollars, often symbolized by a green casino chip. [2] To divide half a pot between two tying hands. In split pot games, a player who "ties" another player for their half of the pot is said to be "quartered". One might say "I didn't bet my A-2 because I figured I'd get quartered".
- ON TILT - Playing worse (usually, more aggressively) than usual because a player has become emotionally upset.
- TRIP - Three of a specific kind, as in "Trip sixes".
- POT - The total amount of money bet so far in a hand.
- 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.
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