The 2009 Poker Roundtable, Vol. 5
Today’s question: If you could enact one change to the 2009 WSOP - what would it be? I’d really love to see ways to make it really easy for people to register. I’m going to say online, but I don’t mean truly online; not like…
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Poker jargon:
- PAT - Holding or being dealt a pat hand. "I'm pat" would mean "I don't want to draw any cards.
- RAISE - To wager more than the minimum required to call, forcing other players to put in more money as well.
- BIG BLIND - A blind bet, usually a raise of an earlier blind which would be called the SMALL BLIND. In limit poker, the BIG BLIND is usually the size of the minimum bet on the first round of betting.
- TAPPED [OUT] - Out of money. Can refer to a player running out of money in the course of a hand, thus still active for the main pot; or can refer to a player who has lost his bankroll and can no longer play.
- STRAIGHT FLUSH - A hand consisting of 5 cards in sequence and the same suit.
- SHARK - A good/crafty player often posing as a fish early in the game.
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