Poker sharks hit Copenhagen
Copenhagen is playing host to the latest round of the European Poker Tour this week. The Scandinavian Open tournament started yesterday and was billed as Day 1a of the 50,000 kroner buy-in main event that wraps up on Saturday.
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Useful poker terms:
- WHEEL - A-2-3-4-5. Usually discussed in the context of lowball where it is the best possible hand. Can also refer to a 5-high straight in high games. Also: BICYCLE.
- PAT - Holding or being dealt a pat hand. "I'm pat" would mean "I don't want to draw any cards.
- POSSIBLE [STRAIGHT/FLUSH] - Up cards that quite possibly could lead to a straight and/or a flush.
- BAD GAME - Any game in which you figure to be the loser, because the other players are better than you.
- FAMILY POT - A pot where all of the players at the table are participating, even after each has had an opportunity to act.
- BURN - To discard the top card of the deck prior to dealing, usually done for every dealing round except the first. The theory being that if somehow the cards are marked (illegally) no one will know what card will next be dealt, only what card will be burned. This makes marked cards less of an advantage, hence tends to reduce cheating.
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