Sexton’s Corner, Vol. 46: Mike Sexton, Poker Visionary, Part 4

Television in the poker world has been the driving force behind poker’s popularity. Today there are so many TV shows featuring poker, that if you record them all on your DVRs each week, you’ll run out of room! The expansion…

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Mon, May 26th, 2008

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Poker argot:

  • ALL-IN - To have all of one's chips in the pot. A player who is all-in cannot be forced out of the pot by more betting, but is only eligible to win that portion of the pot he has contributed to. Generally, a SIDE POT is created each time a player is all-in.
  • STRAIGHT FLUSH - A hand consisting of 5 cards in sequence and the same suit.
  • 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.
  • QUALIFIER - A minimum standard that a hand must meet in order to win. Usually applied to the lowball side of a high-low split pot.
  • BACK DOOR - Applies to a hand that was made in the last card or two, specifically not a hand the player was originally planning on having. Most often applied to straights and flushes.
  • FULL HOUSE - A hand consisting of 3-of-a-kind and a (different) pair.
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