Poker Book Review: ‘Check-Raising the Devil’ by Mike Matusow, with Amy Calistri and Tim Lavalli
‘I suppose if things had happened in a slightly different way, I wouldn’t be writing this book.’ So explains one of poker’s most compelling figures over the last decade, Mike Matusow…
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Poker dictionary:
- LOOSE - Playing more hands than the norm. Antonym: TIGHT.
- CALLER - One who calls. Sometimes used collectively, as in "3 callers".
- DEALER'S CHOICE - In home games, a rule that permits the dealer to name which poker game to be played that hand. Often limited to selecting from a list provided.
- TOKE - Gambling term for "tip", as in "Toke the cocktail waitress". Comes from the term "Token of appreciation".
- CHASE - To continue in a hand, often at poor odds, in the hopes of catching a much better hand. "He called, chasing the flush.".
- DRAWING DEAD - A draw in which it is impossible to obtain a winning hand for any of a variety of reasons: an opponent's hand is better than whatever you are drawing to, the card(s) that make your hand are out of play, or (in Hold'em) give an opponent a stronger hand even if it makes yours. Frequently used in the past tense, since one rarely knows it at the time.
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