Playing Poker: Effectively mix up play on the flop
In this continuing series on small-ball poker, we’ll now look at a quick guideline on how to effectively mix up your style of play on the flop. These tips are designed to help you decide when to bet and when to check after those first three cards hit the board.
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Poker lingo:
- CAP - To cap the betting is to make the last permitted raise in a round.
- AMERICAN AIRLINES - In Hold'em, a pair of Aces in the hole. Better known (at least in rec.gambling) as POCKET ROCKETS.
- SPLIT [THE POT] - To split the pot between two or more players. Related term: QUARTER.
- REPRESENT - Implying, by one's betting style, that one has a particular hand.
- MILES OF BAD ROAD - Three of a kind. Prefixed with a number, 3*<N>, to indicate 3 <N>s. Thus "24 miles of bad road" is 3 eights, etc. (This obviously doesn't work for face cards.)
- S&M - Sklansky & Malmuth. Generally refers to the ideas and algorithms published by these two authors. When used in a 7-card stud context, often refers to "7 Card Stud For Advanced Players", and when used in a Hold'em context, often refers to "Texas Hold'em For Advanced Players".
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