Are High-Stakes Games Getting Too Big? Part 1

With the recent explosion of high-stakes online poker action, resulting in huge million-dollar swings, the question must be asked: how high is too high? Clearly only a handful of players are capable of even sitting down in these games, let…

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Poker lexicon:

PAT - Holding or being dealt a pat hand. "I'm pat" would mean "I don't want to draw any cards.
FISH - A player who loses money. An old saying is "If you can't spot the fish at the table, *you* are the fish.".
BLUFF - To make a bet or raise with a poor hand, in hope that the remaining active player(s) will fold.
RIDER BACK (TM) - A brand of playing cards that feature a bicycle rider on the back of the cards. Often used in home games. Compare: BEE No. 92.
OPEN - Make the first bet in a hand, especially in draw poker.
LATE BLIND - In addition to "regular" blinds, some games allow a player (particularly a new one) to post a blind bet in return for the right to enter the game immediately and act last on the first betting round. The amount of the blind is determined by house rules, usually somewhere between the last blind and double the last blind. It is frequently a LIVE BLIND.

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