Sunday, January 29, 2012

Six - six

six of diamonds six of spades






A nickname for a six and six is route 66.

Seven - two

seven of hearts two of clubs






A nickname for a seven and two is beer hand.

Seven - five

seven of clubs five of hearts






A nickname for a seven and five is heinz.

Seven - six

seven of clubs six of clubs






Some nicknames for a seven and six are trombones and union oil.

Eight - eight

eight of diamonds eight of spades






Some nicknames for a eight and eight are little oldsmobile, snowmen, and piano keys.

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Poker - trivia 7

1) What are outs?

a) cards that can improve your hand and possibly make you a winner
b) cards that will not make your hand better

2) What is a post oak bluff?

a) a large bet in a small pot
b) a very small bet in a large pot

Check comments for the answers.

Poker - trivia 6

1) What is a bad beat?

a) when you have a very weak hand and win
b) when you have a very strong hand, but lose to a hand that wins as a result of a lucky draw by that opponent

2) What is suited?

a) having two or more cards of the same suite
b) having hearts

Check comments for the answers.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Nine - five

nine of spades five of hearts






Some nicknames for a nine and five are hard working man and dolly parton.

Nine - eight

nine of hearts eight of spades






A nickname for a nine and eight is oldsmobile.

Ten - two

ten of hearts two of clubs






A nickname for a ten and two is doyle brunson.

Ten - four

ten of diamonds four of spades






Some nicknames for a ten and four are broderick crawford and CB hand.

Poker - trivia 5

1) What is a set?

a) a four-of-a-kind
b) a three-of-a-kind

2) What is the board?

a) the set of face-up community cards
b) the pocket cards

Check comments for the answers.

Big full

A big full is a full house made where the three of a kind has higher ranking cards than the pair. If the flop is A-A-7 and you have an ace and seven, you have the big full. Your full house would be A-A-A-7-7.

Underfull

An underfull is a full house made where the three of a kind has lower ranking cards than the pair. If the flop is A-A-7 and you have pocket 7's, you can be beaten by the big full. Your full house would be 7-7-7-A-A. The big full would be A-A-A-7-7.

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Overpair

An overpair is a pocket pair with a higher rank than any of the community cards.

Ten - five

ten of spades five of clubs






Some nicknames for a ten and five are dime store and woolworths.

Ten - six

ten of clubs six of hearts






A nickname for a ten and six is sweet sixteen.

Ten - seven

ten of diamonds seven of clubs






A nickname for a ten and seven is split (bowling).

Ten - nine

ten of clubs nine of hearts






A nickname for a ten and nine is countdown.

Ten - ten

ten of clubs ten of hearts






A nickname for a ten and ten is TNT.

Jack - five

jack of hearts five of clubs






Some nicknames for a jack and five are jackson 5 and motown.

Jack - eight

jack of spades eight of clubs






A nickname for a jack and eight is jacket.

Jack - jack

jack of clubs jack of hearts






Some nicknames for a jack and jack are brothers and fishhooks.

Queen - two

queen of spades two of diamonds






A nickname for a queen and two is queen liz.

Queen - seven

queen of diamonds seven of hearts






A nickname for a queen and seven is computer hand.

Queen - eight

queen of spades eight of diamonds






Some nicknames for a queen and eight are face sitter and kuwait.

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Queen - nine

queen of diamonds nine of hearts






A nickname for a queen and nine is quinine.

Queen - ten

queen of hearts ten of clubs






Some nicknames for a queen and ten are cutie, quint, and goolsby.

Queen - jack

queen of spades jack of hearts






A nickname for a queen and jack is maverick.

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Passive

Passive means to check and call more often than betting or raising.

Aggressive

Aggressive means to bet and raise more often than calling or checking.

Loose

Loose means to play more hands than average.

Tight

Tight means to play fewer hands than average.

Top pair

Top pair is when you pair one of your hold cards with the highest card on the board.

Set

A set is three-of-a-kind.

No pair or high card

ace of diamonds king of clubs ten of hearts eight of spades seven of hearts






No pair or high card is the lowest hand. Just the highest card in the hand is of value. A high card can win if everyone else folds. Also, at a showdown. This hand above is ace-high.