PokerNews Editor-in-Chief John Caldwell Resigns
Longtime PokerNews honcho John Caldwell has called it quits after nearly five years at PokerNews. ‘I just felt it was time,’ said Caldwell. ‘I’m looking to change focus, and now felt right. It was, quite simply, time to go…
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Poker slang:
- CASE - The fourth card of a particular rank, as in "he folded the case 9" when describing where all the 9s were in a hand. Comes from the game of Faro where an employee of the house, called the "case keeper". kept track of the number of each rank of card remaining.
- POSSIBLE [STRAIGHT/FLUSH] - Up cards that quite possibly could lead to a straight and/or a flush.
- 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.
- REBUY - [1] To purchase additional chips after an initial buy-in, usually after losing most or all of the previous buy-in. This term is most often used in certain tournaments where if one loses all one's chips, or falls below a certain minimum chip level, for an additional sum of money one can purchase a fixed amount of additional tournament chips. Usually there is a time limit (The "REBUY PERIOD") as to how long rebuys are allowed. [2] The additional chips "rebought" in tournament play.
- SEMI-BLUFF - To bluff with a come hand that figures to win if it hits.
- POT - The total amount of money bet so far in a hand.
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