Strategy 101

You just showed up to your first fantasy baseball draft. After gathering your rankings sheets and a handful of cashews, you sit down at a table and suddenly feel like the new guy at the Wednesday night poker game. A group of people resembling your friends appears to be closing in around you, and a single light is beating down on the middle of the table. Their eyes are tough to make out in the …

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Tue, January 29th, 2008

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  • STEAM - Playing wildly, calling and raising a lot, because one is upset. Compare: ON TILT.
  • IMPLIED ODDS - A refinement to POT ODDS which includes money not yet in the pot. Considers the potential extra bets and winnings made when a player forms a very good hand.
  • FREEROLL - [1] A poker tournament that does not charge a buy-in fee; players must earn buy-in credits through previous play at the same establishment. [2] Having a lock on part of a pot (sure to win a greater fraction of the pot than one is betting) and playing to win more or all of it.
  • 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.
  • TIGHT - [1] A style of play that entails playing fewer hands than average. Antonym: LOOSE. [2] A FULL HOUSE.
  • SEMI-BLUFF - To bluff with a come hand that figures to win if it hits.
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