JAMIE SAMUELSEN’S BLOG: I’d be game if poker featured more name players
Here’s the problem: The game is so popular now that everyone is playing it. So much so that if you watch the World Series of Poker on TV, which I occasionally do, you don’t know who any of the people are.
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Poker argot:
- COMPUTER HAND - Texas Hold'em hole cards of Q-7 offsuit. More generically, any hand that computer analysis/simulation determines is positive but turns out to be difficult to play in practice.
- DEAD MAN'S HAND - Generically: two pair, aces and eights. Specifically: the black aces, black eights and nine of diamonds. The hand Wild Bill Hickok was holding when he was shot to death.
- STEAM - Playing wildly, calling and raising a lot, because one is upset. Compare: ON TILT.
- 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.
- FAMILY POT - A pot where all of the players at the table are participating, even after each has had an opportunity to act.
- FLAT LIMIT - A variant of fixed limit where all bets are the same amount.
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