The Other Side of the Felt, Vol. 8: Tournament Tipping an Issue

This issue has been a very difficult one for me to write about but I think that it is a topic that currently deserves discussion. I like to think that my reputation was built on integrity and that money has never been the most important…

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Useful poker terms:

• IN - Still eligible to win the pot. "I'm in" is often spoken as one adds chips to the pot, calling.
• SPREAD LIMIT - A variation on fixed limit wherein the minimum and maximum bets are different. A 1-4-8 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds and 1-8 in the last round. A 1-4-8-16 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds, 1 to 8 in the next-to-last round, and 1 to 16 in the last round.
• COMPUTER HAND - Texas Hold'em hole cards of Q-7 offsuit. More generically, any hand that computer analysis/simulation determines is positive but turns out to be difficult to play in practice.
• POCKET ROCKETS - In Hold'em, a pair of aces for hole cards.
• DECLARE - In high/low games, declaring one's hand as high or low or both ways (usually done with chips in hand). Usually played in home games; casinos tend to play CARDS SPEAK.
• WIRED [PAIR] - A pair in the hole. In 5-card stud, a door card that pairs the hole card.