Poker Guy: ‘The Master’ uses position to avoid big loss
THERE’S A reason that the button and blinds rotate around the table: Every player gets the chance to act in late position. Acting after most of your opponents is one of the greatest advantages in poker.
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Useful poker terms:
- FULL HOUSE - A hand consisting of 3-of-a-kind and a (different) pair.
- SPLIT [OPENERS] - In draw poker, to discard one or more openers, usually to draw to a straight or flush. Normally requires the opener to declare the act and retain the discards so that the act of opening can later be validated.
- MILES OF BAD ROAD - Three of a kind. Prefixed with a number, 3*<N>, to indicate 3 <N>s. Thus "24 miles of bad road" is 3 eights, etc. (This obviously doesn't work for face cards.)
- LITTLE SLICK - In Hold'em, hole cards of A-2, suited or not.
- BAD GAME - Any game in which you figure to be the loser, because the other players are better than you.
- FACE CARD - A jack, queen or king (a card with a face on it, not joker).
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