Mike Caro: ‘Mad genius’ of poker

Long before the Unabomber, the Professor, the Mouth and a dozen other cutesy poker nicknames largely derived from TV shows, there was the Mad Genius. He contributed the section on draw-poker strategy to Doyle Brunsons original Super/System book and later published his own influential Book of Tells.

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Fri, June 19th, 2009

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  • FIFTH STREET - In stud poker, the fifth card to be dealt to each player. Sometimes used to refer to the last card dealt in Hold'em, although the more common term for this is RIVER (q.v.).
  • STAKE - The amount of a player's BUY-IN, or the amount of money they are willing to play with in a given session. Compare: BANKROLL.
  • AMERICAN AIRLINES - In Hold'em, a pair of Aces in the hole. Better known (at least in rec.gambling) as POCKET ROCKETS.
  • LIMIT POKER - A poker game wherein the amount to be bet is fixed, or at most variable within a prescribed minimum and maximum. Ant.: NO-LIMIT POKER.
  • SPREAD LIMIT - A variation on fixed limit wherein the minimum and maximum bets are different. A 1-4-8 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds and 1-8 in the last round. A 1-4-8-16 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds, 1 to 8 in the next-to-last round, and 1 to 16 in the last round.
  • STEAM - Playing wildly, calling and raising a lot, because one is upset. Compare: ON TILT.
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