‘Small ball poker’ can work for novice, advanced players
The best players in the world rely on “small ball poker” when playing in No Limit Hold’em tournaments. Although it is the optimal strategy, it isn’t intended for players of all skill levels. You must have superior hand-reading and people-reading skills for it to be effective.
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Poker argot:
- 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.)
- DOOR [CARD] - A player's first upcard in stud games.
- POSITION - One's location in the betting sequence, relative to the players still in the hand. First position is first to act.
- FACE CARD - A jack, queen or king (a card with a face on it, not joker).
- FLOP GAME - Any of a number of poker games where a flop is dealt.
- QUARTER - [1] Twenty-five dollars, often symbolized by a green casino chip. [2] To divide half a pot between two tying hands. In split pot games, a player who "ties" another player for their half of the pot is said to be "quartered". One might say "I didn't bet my A-2 because I figured I'd get quartered".
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