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Some Strategic Poker Lingo

by Thomas Kearns

We will begin by exploring the variety of poker game types. These can be broken into two major groups, that of tournament poker and non-tournament poker, or to put it another way, cash poker and ring poker. Tournaments can be in the form of multitable (MTT) or single table (STT). The single table tournaments are most often played as sit and go games (SNG) meaning that the game won't start until the table is full.

Tournaments can be satellite games, with the player receiving access to a more prestigious and expensive tournament, or freeroll games, in which a fee is not required, and guaranteed games, in which the establishment guarantees a prize pool. With the exception of freeroll games, a buy-in fee is required. Some tournaments allow players to buy additional chips, buy means of a re-buy or an add-on.

Tables are classified by the number of players: long tables (8-10 players), short tables (4-6), and one-on-one or heads-up tables (HU).

Having familiarized ourselves with the basic rules and terms, we can move on to the basics of poker strategy. The single most important concept any player must know is probably the concept of the odds. Odds are the chances you have of getting the winning combinations in any of the future steps of a current game.

The cards that make up the winning card combinations are termed outs. The enhancement of your chances relies heavily on the number of outs in your current hand. These odds can be calculated, memorized, or found in a table of odds which you have at your disposal.

Pot odds must be calculated along with the number of outs. Pot odds are simply the ratio of the required bet to the size of the bank. There are discounted and implied pot odds. To explain: A decrease in the number of outs that are an advantage to the opponent as well are called discounted odds. The current pot and bets plus the possible future bets in coming rounds are implied odds.

The possible strategies of poker include the bluff plays such as the straight bluff which is either a bet or raise with no chance at winning should a showdown come up, and the semi-bluff, a raise without a proper hand to do so but the hand has a nice number of outs, which gives it a good chance to improve. There are more intricate plays like the slow play or sandbagging, which refers to playing passively while at the same time having a strong hand in the game's beginning phases. This move will keep opponents in the game. Then there is the free card which is a raise from the late position in the flop with the expectation there will be checks on the turn to enable the river to be arrived at without further betting action. This technique is most commonly employed in a drawing hand.

There is normally a distinction between flush-draw, four cards to a flush, and straight draw, four to a straight. A straight draw is possible as open ended or gut shot (inside straight) draws. If two distinct cards are required to build a combination, these draw hands are referred to as backdoor draws or runner-runner. Should a player continue to attempt to construct a draw even though he is for sure losing to an opponents present combination, this player is referred to as drawing dead.

There is the check-raise. The player checks with the intention of making a raise after an opponent bet. The move is usually used during the flop against the preflop-raiser (a player raising during the preflop found).

Finally there are the blind steals and defense. If nobody enters the game before the flop, a player in late position makes a raise in order to force the blinds to fold and thus to get their bets without opposition. The blinds can retaliate with a 3-bet, which constitutes blind defense.



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