Poker in Film and Life
Last night I watched the movie Rounders with Matt Damon and Edward Norton. If you’ve never seen it, Rounders is about a reformed gambler who returns to high-stakes Poker to help a friend pay a loan shark.
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Poker dictionary:
- LAY ODDS - To give favorable odds to an opponent.
- KICKER - In hands containing pairs and trips, the highest card not matched. In draw games, sometimes a card kept for deception purposes.
- MAIN POT - The main pot, as related to one or more side pots, when there are one or more all-in player(s). The main pot is the one in which all active players participate.
- SIXTH STREET - The sixth card dealt in 7-card stud.
- ACTION - Money that is being bet. "NO ACTION" means a hand or game has few bettors and fewer raisers. "Gimme some action" is ostensibly a plea for calls and raises.
- STAKE - The amount of a player's BUY-IN, or the amount of money they are willing to play with in a given session. Compare: BANKROLL.
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