2009 WSOP Special Guest Blog: Greg Raymer on Early Success, Preparing for the Deuce-to-Seven World Championship

This is the PokerNews blog by Greg ‘FossilMan’ Raymer. It’s quarter to five (p.m.) on June 10th and I’m sitting at Table 249 in the Brasilia Room…

BOARD - The exposed cards in Hold'em and stud. Also BOARD CARDS.
SHILL - A card room employee who plays with House money, and does not share in any of his (her) winnings or losses. Shills are used to facilitate starting games, and keeping them going. Compare: PROP.
BLACK - When referring to chips, black usually stands for $100 casino chips. "This guy sits down with a stack of blacks and raises the first bet." Not ALL casinos use black for $100 but that is the common usage.
OFFSUIT - Not of the same suit. "I held A-Q offsuit" or "The flop was 10-6-2 offsuit". When speaking of 5 or more cards, not all/ of the same suit, i.e., no flush, as in "button had A-K-10-8-7 offsuit."
REBUY - [1] To purchase additional chips after an initial buy-in, usually after losing most or all of the previous buy-in. This term is most often used in certain tournaments where if one loses all one's chips, or falls below a certain minimum chip level, for an additional sum of money one can purchase a fixed amount of additional tournament chips. Usually there is a time limit (The "REBUY PERIOD") as to how long rebuys are allowed. [2] The additional chips "rebought" in tournament play.
MARKED CARDS - Cards that have been (illegally) altered so that their value can be read from the back.

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