Inside Poker: 8/17/2008
By Steve Rosenbloom A lot of no-limit hold ‘em tournament hands get played heads-up. But in deep-stack events, where you start with an amount of chips worth twice the price of your buy-in, you will find yourself in multiway pots.
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Poker slang:
- OMAHA - A variant of Hold'em where each player receives 4 hole cards and must use exactly two of them (together with 3 of 5 board cards) to make a hand. Often played high-low split with an 8 qualifier for low.
- 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.
- TRIPS - Three of a kind. In Hold'em the term SET is used when two of the three cards are hole cards.
- FLOP - [1] In Hold'em, the first three community cards, dealt simultaneously. [2] To deal a flop, or to make a hand on a flop. "I flopped trips".
- SHORT-STACKED - Playing with a only a small amount of money, thus limiting one's risk and reward.
- READ - To determine whether an opponent has a good, medium or bad hand by observing his personal behavior. An inexact science.
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