Inside Poker: 11/1/2009

As poker has evolved into a game of hyper-aggressiveness, one of the most overplayed hands has become A-K. Certainly, it is a powerful starting hand and has some value at showdown, but it is still a drawing hand that will miss the flop about two-thirds of the time.

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Poker talk:

• HOYLE - Edmund Hoyle (1769-?) was the authoritative source for rules of card games. Hoyle is to card rules as Webster is to word definitions.
• TELL - Any personal mannerisms that reveal the quality of one's hand. E.g., constantly looking at one's hole cards is often a tell of a poor hand. (Some players, knowing this, will at times check their hole cards when they have a great hand and don't need to look.)
• LIVE BLIND - The last and largest blind bet may or may not be LIVE. If LIVE, the blind bettor has the option of "raising" his own blind in the event the bet is called around to him. This is normal, and is sometimes referred to as "blinds are live".
• OVERPAIR - In Hold'em, a pair in the hole that is larger than any community card on the board.
• SEAT POSITION - The actual seat a player has, normally numbered sequentially starting with 1 as the first seat to dealer's left. Not to be confused with POSITION in a particular pot. Typically unrelated to play of a hand but often important in peripheral aspects, e.g.: "Seats 1 and 10 are nonsmoking here", "Seat 5 has a good view of the table", "Seat 3 is in a high-traffic area".
• RAINBOW - In flop games, a flop in which no two cards are of the same suit. "The flop was A 9 7 rainbow."