Inside Poker: 11/30/2008
By Steve Rosenbloom Winning poker has always been about aggressive play. These days, though, aggressiveness seems to get taken to extraordinary levels. At the 2008 World Poker Tour’s $9,700-buy-in event at Connecticut’s Foxwoods Resort, with blinds at $150-$300, longtime pro Kenna James open-raised to $900 with K-Q of hearts from lat
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Poker talk:
- CAP - To cap the betting is to make the last permitted raise in a round.
- FLOORMAN - The casino representative in charge of the card room or a section of a card room. Arbitrates disputes when unusual events happen.
- AMERICAN AIRLINES - In Hold'em, a pair of Aces in the hole. Better known (at least in rec.gambling) as POCKET ROCKETS.
- WALK - A pot won by the last blind when no one opens.
- OFFSUIT - Not of the same suit. "I held A-Q offsuit" or "The flop was 10-6-2 offsuit". When speaking of 5 or more cards, not all/ of the same suit, i.e., no flush, as in "button had A-K-10-8-7 offsuit."
- OVERCALL - To call a bet after one or more players already called.
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