Novice Poker Players Don’t Know When to Walk Away
SATURDAY, Jan. 16 (HealthDay News) — Play more online poker and you’ll get better and win, right?
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Poker lingo:
- SET - In Hold'em, three of a kind where two of the cards are hole cards.
- PASSED OUT. - A hand in which nobody opens. What happens next is a function of the game being played.
- ALL-IN - To have all of one's chips in the pot. A player who is all-in cannot be forced out of the pot by more betting, but is only eligible to win that portion of the pot he has contributed to. Generally, a SIDE POT is created each time a player is all-in.
- TOURNAMENT - A highly structured game involving potentially dozens of tables where all participants pay an entry fee and obtain a fixed number of chips. Once a tournament has started, additional players may not enter. As the game progresses players bust out and are eliminated until only one winner remains.
- LOCK - A hand that cannot be beat under any circumstances. Also: NUTS.
- PAT - Holding or being dealt a pat hand. "I'm pat" would mean "I don't want to draw any cards.
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