Inside Poker: 4/19/2009
You don’t always need the best hand to win a pot. Many times it’s enough to figure out what your opponent is holding and then bet to represent a hand that’s better. Here’s how Barry Greenstein, one of the best players in the world, thought his way through it at the $25,000-buy-in World Poker Tour Championship at Bellagio in 2008.
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Poker argot:
- STAND OFF - To call a raise. "Opener raises, I stand off".
- MARKED CARDS - Cards that have been (illegally) altered so that their value can be read from the back.
- KICKER TROUBLE - Not having as high a kicker as an opponent.
- READ - To determine whether an opponent has a good, medium or bad hand by observing his personal behavior. An inexact science.
- POT - The total amount of money bet so far in a hand.
- LATE BLIND - In addition to "regular" blinds, some games allow a player (particularly a new one) to post a blind bet in return for the right to enter the game immediately and act last on the first betting round. The amount of the blind is determined by house rules, usually somewhere between the last blind and double the last blind. It is frequently a LIVE BLIND.
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