‘Life on Tilt: Confessions of a Poker Dad’: Philosophy and Psychology of Poker Merges with the Drama of Life in New …
The fast-paced, drama-filled debut novel by John Blowers, “Life on Tilt: Confessions of a Poker Dad” , chronicles the journey of Johnnoe Zandoken, a married executive with an itch for high stakes poker who’s in for more than a little trouble when family and gambling collide.
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Useful poker information:
- BLUFF - To make a bet or raise with a poor hand, in hope that the remaining active player(s) will fold.
- 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.
- POSSIBLE [STRAIGHT/FLUSH] - Up cards that quite possibly could lead to a straight and/or a flush.
- HIT - To make a hand or catch a card or cards that improves one's hand. "I hit a gut-shot draw on the river."
- SEMI-BLUFF - To bluff with a come hand that figures to win if it hits.
- 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.
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