The Nightly Turbo: Brunson 10 Gets a New Member, FTOPS XVII Announced, and More
After a long weekend, we’re coming back at you with all the news in poker. You already know the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event is underway, so we’ve got everything else that’s going on. A seventh member has been added to the Brunson 10…
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Poker jargon:
- DRAWING DEAD - A draw in which it is impossible to obtain a winning hand for any of a variety of reasons: an opponent's hand is better than whatever you are drawing to, the card(s) that make your hand are out of play, or (in Hold'em) give an opponent a stronger hand even if it makes yours. Frequently used in the past tense, since one rarely knows it at the time.
- LOWBALL - Generic term for poker where the lowest hand wins.
- FORCED BET - In some stud games a player may be required to make a bet to start the action on the first card. This is similar conceptually to blinds and antes, but in this case is dependent on the cards shown rather than player position. Usually the weakest hand is forced to bet.
- PASSED OUT. - A hand in which nobody opens. What happens next is a function of the game being played.
- TO GO - The current betting level, as in "$20 to go" meaning every player must contribute $20 (total) or drop. A $10 raise would then make the pot "$30 to go".
- BURN - To discard the top card of the deck prior to dealing, usually done for every dealing round except the first. The theory being that if somehow the cards are marked (illegally) no one will know what card will next be dealt, only what card will be burned. This makes marked cards less of an advantage, hence tends to reduce cheating.
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