Definition Bad beat is an expression taken from the vocabulary of poker that means a common situation where a player is in possession of a strong poker hand, facing a player with a lower value hand, and the latter wins … Read More
The game of poker, High/Low mode, denotes a style of play where the pot is split in half between the lowest hand and the highest hand. We say, for example, to specify the game (like Omaha) to which we will … Read More
(Credit: Migg, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Omaha_hi_showdown1.jpg, CC BY-SA 3.0 license) Omaha (also called Omaha Hold’em or Omaha Holdem) is a variation of poker community cards, comprising, like Texas hold’em, five community cards, but four hole cards to each player instead of two. In … Read More
In poker, the betting system determines how to bet chips and advance in the game. The betting alternate with forced bets such as blinds – the exact nature of these bets depending on the played variant. Terms In this article, … Read More
In poker, whether in poker tournament or not, the dealer is a role passing from player to player by turning clockwise. On a table, the dealer is identified generally by the presence beside him of a special token, larger than … Read More
Buy in in poker depends on the playing table and is the minimum number of chips a player must buy for the right to play. This can also mean the amount of the entry fee for a poker tournament (which … Read More
The poker playing cards used during the games are that of a deck of 52 cards without Joker. The use prefer “American” style cards with two crossed index against “French” style with four index. In addition to the style and … Read More
Courchevel is a variant of Omaha. What distinguishes him is the flope of a single card that is returned after the blind, and the fact that each player receives 5 cards initially. Indeed the first flop card is turned up … Read More
In poker, a head-up display, or HUD, is a tool to get information about the other players present on a table and on his own game. Utility The system is used by professionals and increasingly by amateur, HUDs dedicated to … Read More
In poker card game, a playing card is called “burned” if it is removed from play. Face down burn card When burning a card The person who handles the cards (donor or dealer) is responsible for removing from play the … Read More
Showdown is part of the poker games where players will compare their final hands. This phase of the game takes place when the number of betting rounds defined by the variant of the game has been reached and there is … Read More
In poker, we call the blind when forced bets are made before any distribution of cards. It is therefore a ‘blind pot”, hence its name. The presence of two blinds is currently the most widespread, the small and big blind, … Read More
