TEXAS READS: Poker legend tells his story
SAN ANGELO, Texas Doyle Brunson has won and lost millions of dollars in high-stakes poker games, golf matches and other gambling escapades in more than five decades, and he chronicles his many ups and downs in a thoroughly readable autobiography, The Godfather of Poker (Cardoza Publishing, $26.95 hardcover).Aided by veteran Texas journalist and author Mike Cochran, Brunson traces his career …
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Poker lingo:
- COMPUTER HAND - Texas Hold'em hole cards of Q-7 offsuit. More generically, any hand that computer analysis/simulation determines is positive but turns out to be difficult to play in practice.
- DEAD MONEY - Money contributed to the pot by players who have folded.
- SPLIT [THE POT] - To split the pot between two or more players. Related term: QUARTER.
- 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".
- FISH - A player who loses money. An old saying is "If you can't spot the fish at the table, *you* are the fish.".
- BUTTON CHARGE - A periodic fee paid by whoever is the button, perhaps every 20 minutes or 30 minutes. Constitutes part or all of the HOUSE CUT.
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