Poker Society Turns to Protesting
The Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society was founded by a Harvard Law Professor who found poker to be a great tool for teaching critical thinking at the college level; apparently professor Charles Nesson finds protesting anti-poker laws to be proper strategy. He and some of his poker playing students will be protesting outside the State House in Massachusetts in order to help thwart Gov. Deval Patrick’s bill…
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Useful poker information:
- BIG BLIND - A blind bet, usually a raise of an earlier blind which would be called the SMALL BLIND. In limit poker, the BIG BLIND is usually the size of the minimum bet on the first round of betting.
- GUT SHOT - A draw to an inside straight, as in 2-3-4-6.
- FIRE - To make the first bet in a betting round. Used to emphasize that the player bet when a check was possible, showing strength.
- BAD GAME - Any game in which you figure to be the loser, because the other players are better than you.
- OFFSUIT - Not of the same suit. "I held A-Q offsuit" or "The flop was 10-6-2 offsuit". When speaking of 5 or more cards, not all/ of the same suit, i.e., no flush, as in "button had A-K-10-8-7 offsuit."
- OVER - A term used in describing two pair or a full house. "Kings over tens" means two pair, kings and tens. "Jacks over", also "Jacks up" describes a hand that is two pair: Jacks with an unspecified lower pair. Also used to describe a full house, distinguishing the three of a kind from the pair. The hand J-J-J-A-A could be described as "Full house, Jacks over Aces".
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