One of the oft-repeated concepts contends that poker is a game of people that is played with cards and chips.
If true, then the first person you need to scout is yourself. Know your image — what opponents think of you and your style — then use it. British pro David “Devilfish” Ulliott owns an aggressive reputation, many times betting while holding nothing, which helps when he actually has a hand.
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Poker terminology:
- TABLE STAKES - A standard rule whereby during a hand players can only bet the money they have on the table. If the bet to a player is more than the player's stack, that player may call with all his chips and be eligible to win only that portion of the pot he contributed to equally. A side pot is created, for which only the remaining players may compete.
- TOP PAIR - In flop games, having a hole card that matches the highest card on the board.
- SPLIT [THE POT] - To split the pot between two or more players. Related term: QUARTER.
- OVERPAIR - In Hold'em, a pair in the hole that is larger than any community card on the board.
- ROLLED UP - In seven-card stud, being dealt three of a kind in the first three cards.
- PASSED OUT. - A hand in which nobody opens. What happens next is a function of the game being played.
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