Negreanu: Top poker players avoid risk when possible
There’s a misconception about tournament poker that goes like this: Players need to try frequent sophisticated bluffs and make lots of risky moves to maintain an unpredictable image and to win.
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Poker jargon:
- FULL HOUSE - A hand consisting of 3-of-a-kind and a (different) pair.
- POT - The total amount of money bet so far in a hand.
- POCKET ROCKETS - In Hold'em, a pair of aces for hole cards.
- REBUY - [1] To purchase additional chips after an initial buy-in, usually after losing most or all of the previous buy-in. This term is most often used in certain tournaments where if one loses all one's chips, or falls below a certain minimum chip level, for an additional sum of money one can purchase a fixed amount of additional tournament chips. Usually there is a time limit (The "REBUY PERIOD") as to how long rebuys are allowed. [2] The additional chips "rebought" in tournament play.
- POCKET PAIR - Generic Hold'em term for 2 hole cards of the same rank.
- GOOD GAME - A game with players worse than you so that you can expect to win a lot of money.
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