Inside the Tour, #88: More on Bluffing

Bluffing. What does it mean? How important is it? Can one be successful without bluffing? Unnnh… well, no. According to Dennis, you have no chance to be a winner in no-limit hold’em without bluffing. When people talk about…

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Tue, April 15th, 2008

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Useful poker terms:

  • DRAW - [1] A class of poker games characterized by players being dealt 5 cards face-down and later having the opportunity to replace some of the original 5. "Draw poker" and "Five-card draw" are examples of usage. [2] In stud and Hold'em games, the set of cards that will be dealt later can be collectively called "the draw". [3] To discard some number of cards and have dealt an equal number of replacements.
  • POCKET PAIR - Generic Hold'em term for 2 hole cards of the same rank.
  • POSITION - One's location in the betting sequence, relative to the players still in the hand. First position is first to act.
  • BLUFF - To make a bet or raise with a poor hand, in hope that the remaining active player(s) will fold.
  • FOURTH STREET - In stud poker, the fourth card dealt to each player. Sometimes used to refer to the fourth community card dealt in Hold'em, although the more common term for this is TURN (q.v.).
  • POSSIBLE [STRAIGHT/FLUSH] - Up cards that quite possibly could lead to a straight and/or a flush.
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