The Year in Poker: May, 2007
With the summer’s excitement at the World Series of Poker in Vegas just around the corner, a couple of winners in the seasons final pre-WSOP Circuit event grabbed headlines of their own, Lou Esposito and Cory Carroll. The spring edition…
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Poker argot:
- FIFTH STREET - In stud poker, the fifth card to be dealt to each player. Sometimes used to refer to the last card dealt in Hold'em, although the more common term for this is RIVER (q.v.).
- RUSH - A winning streak. Also "ON A RUSH".
- BET - To put money into the pot, pursuant to the rules of the game, thus maintaining a chance of winning the pot.
- LATE BLIND - In addition to "regular" blinds, some games allow a player (particularly a new one) to post a blind bet in return for the right to enter the game immediately and act last on the first betting round. The amount of the blind is determined by house rules, usually somewhere between the last blind and double the last blind. It is frequently a LIVE BLIND.
- HOLE CARDS - In Stud and Hold'em, the face-down cards dealt to each player.
- RING GAME - A standard game where players can come and go as they choose. The opposite of TOURNAMENT.
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