Poker Champ Offers Hope for Math Challenged

When Imper1um won the Tournament Titan, it sort of gave the impression that he was a master at the game of poker - and so he is. He does, however, have a bit of a handicap; he doesn’t play poker by the numbers. Canadian player Sorel Mizzi has come out to say that he doesn’t even know how to figure pot odds, a basic math problem that many poker players also have…

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Tue, December 25th, 2007

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  • DRAWING DEAD - A draw in which it is impossible to obtain a winning hand for any of a variety of reasons: an opponent's hand is better than whatever you are drawing to, the card(s) that make your hand are out of play, or (in Hold'em) give an opponent a stronger hand even if it makes yours. Frequently used in the past tense, since one rarely knows it at the time.
  • TAPPED [OUT] - Out of money. Can refer to a player running out of money in the course of a hand, thus still active for the main pot; or can refer to a player who has lost his bankroll and can no longer play.
  • BET - To put money into the pot, pursuant to the rules of the game, thus maintaining a chance of winning the pot.
  • QUALIFIER - A minimum standard that a hand must meet in order to win. Usually applied to the lowball side of a high-low split pot.
  • MUCK - [1] A collection of face-down cards near the dealer composed of discards, i.e., folded hands, burns and discards for drawing purposes. [2] To throw one's cards into the muck, thus folding.
  • TURN - The fourth community card in Hold'em.
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