Poker: Rake effect carries big bite in low-stakes games
Scouting for the right games is an essential element to long-term poker success, and a case can be made that it’s the most critical decision a player can make.
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Useful poker information:
- POSITION - One's location in the betting sequence, relative to the players still in the hand. First position is first to act.
- FORCED BET - In some stud games a player may be required to make a bet to start the action on the first card. This is similar conceptually to blinds and antes, but in this case is dependent on the cards shown rather than player position. Usually the weakest hand is forced to bet.
- SUITED - Two or more cards all the same suit. Ant: OFF-SUIT.
- BOAT - A FULL HOUSE, three of a kind and a pair.
- IMPLIED ODDS - A refinement to POT ODDS which includes money not yet in the pot. Considers the potential extra bets and winnings made when a player forms a very good hand.
- TOURNAMENT - A highly structured game involving potentially dozens of tables where all participants pay an entry fee and obtain a fixed number of chips. Once a tournament has started, additional players may not enter. As the game progresses players bust out and are eliminated until only one winner remains.
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