High Stakes Poker Season 6, Episode 13: Expensive Brawls, Hero Calls, and a Legend Falls
On the final episode of High Stakes Poker, Season 6, it was all about looking like a stud. After Lex “RaSZi” Veldhuis convinced the crew to up the stakes to $500/$1,000 with a $300 ante and a $2,000 straddle, the players pulled out all the stops…
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Poker lexicon:
- FLAT CALL - To call a bet. Emphasizes that the caller did not raise.
- STACKED [DECK] - A deck that has been arranged to give one player a huge advantage. Also: RIGGED.
- FOLD - To decline to call a bet, thus dropping out of a hand.
- DECLARE - In high/low games, declaring one's hand as high or low or both ways (usually done with chips in hand). Usually played in home games; casinos tend to play CARDS SPEAK.
- RERAISE - To raise after an opponent has raised.
- INSIDE STRAIGHT - Four cards to a straight, where only one rank will complete the hand. E.g., 4-5-6-8 is an inside straight since only a 7 will fill (i.e., complete) the hand. Often called a GUT-SHOT. Compare: BOBTAIL STRAIGHT, OPEN-ENDED STRAIGHT.

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