PokerNews Cup 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em: Martin Cardno Triumphs
The Crown Casino poker room was packed as the 213 entrants into Thursday’s event in the PokerNews Cup Australia Championships, 6-Handed No Limit Hold’em, took up most of the tables in the room. Big names in the field…
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Poker glossary:
- 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.
- BIG BOBTAIL - An open-ended 4-card straight flush.
- WHEEL - A-2-3-4-5. Usually discussed in the context of lowball where it is the best possible hand. Can also refer to a 5-high straight in high games. Also: BICYCLE.
- FLAT LIMIT - A variant of fixed limit where all bets are the same amount.
- 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.
- EXPECTATION - The long-run [dis-]advantage of a given situation, specifically without reference to any particular outcome. I.e., what you figure to win [lose] on average after a large number of repetitions of the same situation.
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