Pro Poker Players Bet Away From the Table, Too
For professional poker players, anything can be a reason for betting.
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Poker terminology:
- POSSIBLE [STRAIGHT/FLUSH] - Up cards that quite possibly could lead to a straight and/or a flush.
- SHILL - A card room employee who plays with House money, and does not share in any of his (her) winnings or losses. Shills are used to facilitate starting games, and keeping them going. Compare: PROP.
- STAND OFF - To call a raise. "Opener raises, I stand off".
- PASSED OUT. - A hand in which nobody opens. What happens next is a function of the game being played.
- SEAT POSITION - The actual seat a player has, normally numbered sequentially starting with 1 as the first seat to dealer's left. Not to be confused with POSITION in a particular pot. Typically unrelated to play of a hand but often important in peripheral aspects, e.g.: "Seats 1 and 10 are nonsmoking here", "Seat 5 has a good view of the table", "Seat 3 is in a high-traffic area".
- RING GAME - A standard game where players can come and go as they choose. The opposite of TOURNAMENT.
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