PokerNews Op-Ed: The November Nine - Who’s the Best for Poker?
With less than a week to go before the “November Nine” return to Las Vegas for a shot a poker immortality, sports books are setting lines, office pools are coming together, and many of us in the poker media are busy speculating what effect our next…
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Casino poker language:
- RAISE - To wager more than the minimum required to call, forcing other players to put in more money as well.
- EXPECTATION - The long-run [dis-]advantage of a given situation, specifically without reference to any particular outcome. I.e., what you figure to win [lose] on average after a large number of repetitions of the same situation.
- WIRED [PAIR] - A pair in the hole. In 5-card stud, a door card that pairs the hole card.
- CARDS SPEAK - Winner(s) of the hand are determined by turning their cards face up, the best hand(s) wins (no declaration).
- FOURTH STREET - In stud poker, the fourth card dealt to each player. Sometimes used to refer to the fourth community card dealt in Hold'em, although the more common term for this is TURN (q.v.).
- FULL HOUSE - A hand consisting of 3-of-a-kind and a (different) pair.
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