Inside Poker: 9/29/2008
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.
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Poker terminology:
- SET - In Hold'em, three of a kind where two of the cards are hole cards.
- DEALER'S CHOICE - In home games, a rule that permits the dealer to name which poker game to be played that hand. Often limited to selecting from a list provided.
- 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".
- FULL OF - Describes a full house. "Fives full of queens" is 5-5-5-Q-Q.
- PAT HAND - In draw poker, a hand that does not need any more cards. Specifically, a straight, flush, full house or straight flush. One might bluff and represent a pat hand but actually hold something else.
- ASSAULT RIFLE - In Omaha, hole cards that are A-K-4-7 of any suit(s).
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