Poker

Poker

Poker jargon - S

satellite
A tournament in which the prize is a free entrance to another (larger) tournament.
scare card
A card that comes that may have improved an opponent's hand. The Jack of spades on the turn was a scare card because it put both flush and straight possibilities on the board.
scoop
In high-low split games, to win both the high and the low half of the pot.
set
Three of a kind, esp. the situation where two of the cards are concealed in the player's hole cards.
set-up

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Community card poker

Texas Hold 'em Turn

About the time of World War II, many modern poker games used community cards (also called "shared cards" or "window cards"), which are cards dealt face up to the center of the table and shared by all players. In these games, each player is dealt privately an incomplete hand ("hole cards"), which is then combined with the community cards to make a complete hand. The set of community cards is called the "board", and may be dealt in a simple line or arranged in a special pattern. Rules of each game determine how they may be combined with each player's private hand. The most popular community card game today is Texas hold 'em, originating sometime in the 1920s.

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Blinds - When a player in the blinds leaves the game

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When one or more players in the small or big blinds leaves the game, an adjustment is required in the positioning of the blinds and the button. The two most common tournament rules for handling this situation are the dead button and the moving button rules. In online card rooms, a simplified moving button rule is usually employed. Note that other variations on these rules exist. [1][2][3]

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Blinds

Small blind

A blind or blind bet is a forced bet placed into the pot by one or more players before the deal begins, in a way that simulates bets made during play. The most common use of blinds as a betting structure calls for two blinds: the player after the dealer blinds about half of what would be a normal bet, and the next player blinds what would be a whole bet. Sometimes only one blind is used, and sometimes three. In the case of three blinds (usually one quarter, one quarter, and half a normal bet amount), the first blind goes "on the button", that is, is paid by the dealer.

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Poker jargon - R

rabbit hunt
After a hand is over, a rabbit hunt means to reveal the last card that would have come up in a community card game with a fixed number of cards. Such activity is usually prohibited in casinos.
rack
1. A collection of 100 chips of the same denomination, usually arranged in 5 stacks in a plastic tray.
2. A plastic tray used for storing a rack of chips.
rags
Worthless (or apparently worthless) cards. Most often refers to small cards in high-hand games, while high cards in low games are more often called "bricks" or "bombs".
rail

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Chinese poker

Chinese poker

Chinese poker

is a card game that has been played in the Asian community for many years. It has begun to gain popularity in the broader world of game players because it has all the features of a good gambling game:

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Ante

Poker chips

An ante is a forced bet in which each player places an equal amount of money or chips into the pot before the deal begins. In games where the acting dealer changes each turn, it is not uncommon for the players to agree that the dealer provides the ante for each player. This simplifies betting, but causes minor inequities if other players come and go or miss their turn to deal.

Chicago poker

Poker

The poker game called Chicago is one of the most popular card games in Sweden today. Relying on the keeping of score instead of the placing of bets, it is suitable even for environments such as schools, where gambling is often prohibited. The game exists in countless versions, so here a (somewhat arbitrarily chosen) basic game will be followed by a number of possible variations.

Hand scores

The backbone of the game is that each poker hand has its own point value, as given in this table:

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Forced bets

Poker

All poker games require some forced bets in order to create an initial stake for the players to contest. The requirements for forced bets, and the betting limits of the game are collectively called the game's betting structure.

Poker jargon - Q

quads
Four of a kind.
quarter
To win a quarter of a pot, usually by tying the low or high hand of a high-low split game. Generally, this is an unwanted outcome, as it seldom wins enough money to cover the amount bet during the hand.

Fold

Poker

To fold is to discard one's hand and forfeit interest in the current pot. Folding may be indicated verbally or by discarding one's hand facedown into the pile of other discards called the muck. In stud poker played in the United States, it is customary to signal folding by turning all of one's cards face down. In casinos in the United Kingdom, a player folds by giving his hand as is to the "house" dealer, who will spread the hand's upcards for the other players to see before mucking them.

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Poker jargon - P

paint
The face cards, Jacks, Queens, and Kings, in a deck. In Texas hold'em, a flop can be said to be "all paint" if it consists of only these cards.
passive
A style of play characterized by checking and calling.
pat
Already complete. A hand is a pat hand when, say, a straight comes on the first five cards in Texas hold'em.
pick-up
When the house picks up cash from the dealer after a player buys chips.
pigeon
A bad player.
pocket pair
In community card poker or stud poker, when two of a player's private cards make a pair. Also "wired pair".
poker face

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PokerStars Home Games Romania

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Imagine having your own online Poker Club, for just you and your friends - where you can arrange your own private poker games whenever you want! It’s called Home Games. It’s free to use. And it’s really easy to set up.

PokerStars introduces Online Home Games

Now you can take the experience of home games online! PokerStars Home Games lets you create and manage your own private poker club to play online poker games of your choice, with just your friends, on your schedule.

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Texas hold 'em hand groups

David Sklansky and Mason Malmuth [1] assigned each hand to a group, and proposed all hands in the group could normally be played similarly. Stronger starting hands are identified by a lower number. Hands without a number are the weakest starting hands.

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The truth about Isildur1 from Team PokerStars Pro

January 9, 2011
 
TEAM POKERSTARS PRO ISILDUR1 IS VIKTOR BLOM
 
Viktor BlomWho is Isildur1? That’s the question the poker world has been asking for more than a year. Well the wait is finally over. PokerStars is proud to announce that recent Team PokerStars Pro addition Isildur1 is 20-year-old Swedish pro Viktor Blom.
 
Poker fans have speculated for more than a year about the identity of online phenom Isildur1, with Viktor Blom being the firm favourite. The debate was finally settled at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure at the Atlantis Resort, Paradise Island, on Day 1a of the $10,000 Main Event, when Blom entered the tournament area wearing the iconic PokerStars patch.
 

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