2009 WSOP Blog Feature: Evelyn Ng on Six-handed Event #14

Even though I was a limit cash game player for over a decade before I started playing tournaments, I was never that excited about playing…

PASS - Opposite of bet. To check, if checked to. To fold, if bet to.
DEAD MAN'S HAND - Generically: two pair, aces and eights. Specifically: the black aces, black eights and nine of diamonds. The hand Wild Bill Hickok was holding when he was shot to death.
LATE POSITION - For a particular betting round, a player who does not have to act until most of the other players have acted.
FREEZE-OUT - A table-stakes game that continues until a small number of players (possibly only one) has all the money. The major event in The World Series of Poker is a freeze-out game.
COLD CALL - Calling both a bet and raise at the same time, as opposed to calling a bet then later calling a raise made after the call.
ALL-IN - To have all of one's chips in the pot. A player who is all-in cannot be forced out of the pot by more betting, but is only eligible to win that portion of the pot he has contributed to. Generally, a SIDE POT is created each time a player is all-in.

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