The Weekly Turbo: PokerStars’ New CEO, the Latest Addition to the Brunson 10, and More
In case you missed anything over the week, we’re here to bring you up to speed. PokerStars is bringing someone new to the team, the Brunson 10 added a new member to the team, and more.
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Poker dictionary:
- SPREAD LIMIT - A variation on fixed limit wherein the minimum and maximum bets are different. A 1-4-8 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds and 1-8 in the last round. A 1-4-8-16 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds, 1 to 8 in the next-to-last round, and 1 to 16 in the last round.
- 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.
- BIG SLICK - In Texas Hold'em, hole cards of A-K, suited or not.
- PASS - Opposite of bet. To check, if checked to. To fold, if bet to.
- 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".
- FREEZE-OUT - A table-stakes game that continues until a small number of players (possibly only one) has all the money. The major event in The World Series of Poker is a freeze-out game.
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