He Said, She Said, Vol. 9: Jamie Gold vs. Sam Farha
The hand (from an entertaining episode of "High Stakes Poker") — Blinds: 300/600 with a 1200 straddle. Gold’s stack: ~$391,000; Farha’s stack: Over $391,000. Neither player’s stack is actually given specifically during the hand…
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Useful poker terms:
- LATE POSITION - For a particular betting round, a player who does not have to act until most of the other players have acted.
- 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."
- LAY ODDS - To give favorable odds to an opponent.
- FOLD - To decline to call a bet, thus dropping out of a hand.
- 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.).
- FISH - A player who loses money. An old saying is "If you can't spot the fish at the table, *you* are the fish.".
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