The Year in Poker: April, 2008
April brought a pair of huge European poker events to the forefront of the poker world, though in both instances North American players ventured across the pond to snare life-changing wins. American Jason Mercier and Canadian Glen…
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Poker argot:
- ONE-EYED - The jack of hearts, jack of spades or king of diamonds. So named because the characters are drawn in profile, thus showing only one eye.
- DOOR [CARD] - A player's first upcard in stud games.
- ASSAULT RIFLE - In Omaha, hole cards that are A-K-4-7 of any suit(s).
- MUCK - [1] A collection of face-down cards near the dealer composed of discards, i.e., folded hands, burns and discards for drawing purposes. [2] To throw one's cards into the muck, thus folding.
- ON TILT - Playing worse (usually, more aggressively) than usual because a player has become emotionally upset.
- LATE POSITION - For a particular betting round, a player who does not have to act until most of the other players have acted.
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