WCOOP: PokerNews Picks & Predictions
The 8th annual World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) starts today with thousands of players chomping at the bit to take their shot at 44 WCOOP bracelet events, and the $40 million in cash that PokerStars is guaranteeing. With such a large…
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Casino poker language:
- FULL OF - Describes a full house. "Fives full of queens" is 5-5-5-Q-Q.
- CARDS SPEAK - Winner(s) of the hand are determined by turning their cards face up, the best hand(s) wins (no declaration).
- 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."
- FISH - A player who loses money. An old saying is "If you can't spot the fish at the table, *you* are the fish.".
- FOLD - To decline to call a bet, thus dropping out of a hand.
- OUT - [1] A card that will improve your hand, often substantially. A hand with many OUTS is preferable to a hand with only 1 or 2. [2] Folded, ineligible to bet or win this hand. "I'm out" is often a synonym for "I fold".
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