In a game of incomplete information, poker becomes a game of mistakes.
The trick is to induce your opponent to make more of them. One way is to let your opponent bet your hand for you, as young, dangerous pro Nick Schulman showed in this hand at the Rio Hotel’s 2008 World Series of Poker $10,000-buy-in main event in Las Vegas.
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Poker argot:
- KICKER - In hands containing pairs and trips, the highest card not matched. In draw games, sometimes a card kept for deception purposes.
- BUTTON CHARGE - A periodic fee paid by whoever is the button, perhaps every 20 minutes or 30 minutes. Constitutes part or all of the HOUSE CUT.
- LOOSE - Playing more hands than the norm. Antonym: TIGHT.
- FULL HOUSE - A hand consisting of 3-of-a-kind and a (different) pair.
- POSITION - One's location in the betting sequence, relative to the players still in the hand. First position is first to act.
- FOUR OF A KIND - A hand containing all four cards of the same rank.
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