‘Cowboys Full: The Story of Poker’: an all-American game comes of age
James McManus’ “Cowboys Full: The Story of Poker” is a comprehensive look at how the game of poker is interwoven with the American psyche in its focus on risk-taking, strategy and the ability to gauge your opponent’s strength. McManus discusses his book Thursday at Town Hall Seattle.
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Poker slang:
- MIDDLE POSITION - Betting positions approximately halfway around the table from the first player to act.
- POSITION - One's location in the betting sequence, relative to the players still in the hand. First position is first to act.
- LAY ODDS - To give favorable odds to an opponent.
- ACTION - Money that is being bet. "NO ACTION" means a hand or game has few bettors and fewer raisers. "Gimme some action" is ostensibly a plea for calls and raises.
- 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."
- REPRESENT - Implying, by one's betting style, that one has a particular hand.
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