Limit losses on marginal hands in small ball poker
he world’s most successful tournament competitors like me, Phil Ivey, Erick Lindgren, Phil Hellmuth and countless others, like to play small ball poker. It’s a style that we use to steadily increase our stacks in no limit hold’em tournaments without having to assume significant risk.
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Useful poker information:
- DEAD MONEY - Money contributed to the pot by players who have folded.
- FIRE - To make the first bet in a betting round. Used to emphasize that the player bet when a check was possible, showing strength.
- FLOP GAME - Any of a number of poker games where a flop is dealt.
- BUTTON CHARGE - A periodic fee paid by whoever is the button, perhaps every 20 minutes or 30 minutes. Constitutes part or all of the HOUSE CUT.
- SPREAD LIMIT - A variation on fixed limit wherein the minimum and maximum bets are different. A 1-4-8 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds and 1-8 in the last round. A 1-4-8-16 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds, 1 to 8 in the next-to-last round, and 1 to 16 in the last round.
- FILL - To draw a card that makes a five-card hand (straight, flush, full house, straight flush).
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