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- The purpose of the Captain's class is to acquaint the beginning poker
- player with the basics of the game.
-
- The mechanics of 5 card stud, 5 card draw, 7 card, and Texas hold 'em
- along with elementary strategy for playing each game is available from
- the other menu selections in this class.
-
- This class, nor any other, will by itself make you a good poker
- player. To develop poker sense or card sense requires playing and
- observing many, many hands.
-
- After completing this short course, you may play as many hands at the
- Friday Night Poker Club as you desire. In a few evenings of play at
- the Club, you will see more hands than most players see in a life
- time.
-
- The recommended steps for a beginning poker player are as follows:
- 1. Complete this introduction.
-
- 2. Select What's high from the menu and learn the hands.
-
- 3. Select 5 card stud, 5 card draw, 7 card stud, and Texas Hold 'em
- from the menu and learn about each game, observing several hands
- in the process.
-
- 4. Play in the Practice mode and ask for my advice frequently
-
- 5. Play in the Practice mode and only ask for advice when uncertain
- about a given hand or to double check your decision. Don't be
- afraid to exercise you own judgement. I am not always right.
-
-
- 6. Play in the Practice mode and never ask advice, only look at the
- other player's hand at the end of each deal.
- 7. Play in the Normal mode and see how you fare.
-
- On a given night, even a beginner can win with a run of good luck.
-
- Card nicknames:
-
- Bullet ................ The Ace of any suit
- Cowboy ................ The King of any suit
- Deuce ................. The two of any suit
- Eighter ............... The eight of any suit
- Hook .................. The Jack of any suit
- Lady .................. The Queen of any suit
- Nickel ................ The five of any suit
- Niner ................. The nine of any suit
- Tension ............... The ten of any suit
- Trey .................. The three of any suit
-
- Some common terms:
-
- Ante .................. Amount placed in the pot before the deal.
- Bet ................... The player under the gun places a bet.
-
- Bluff ................. An attempt to convince the other players that
- you have a hand better than you really hold.
-
- Boat, Crowded cabin ... A full house.
-
- Burn a card ........... To deal the top card to the discard heap in
- Texas hold 'em before each flop.
-
- Call, See ............. The player matches the previous player's bet.
- Check ................. The player under the gun wishes not to bet.
-
-
- Check and Raise ....... Player is allowed to first check and then
- raise another player's bet.
-
- Crank the wheel ....... Deal a round of cards.
- Dead man's hand ....... Two pair - A's and 8's.
-
- Dealer ................ Person whose turn it is to deal, designated
- dealer.
-
- Dealer's choice ....... The game called by the dealer (not by the
- designated dealer).
-
- Flop hand ............ The up hand that all players share in Texas
- hold 'em.
-
- Fold................... The player drops out of the hand.
- Four flush ............ Four cards in the same suit.
- Four flusher .......... A player with 4 of a suit up that tries to
- bluff you into believing his hold card is of
- the same suit.
-
- Hold cards ............ Player's down cards in stud poker.
- House ................. The host of the game, here the Club.
-
- Inside straight ....... Four cards that would be consecutive except
- missing a card on the inside, i.e. 9 8 7 5.
-
- Joker ................. The 53rd and 54th card in most decks.
- Limit ................. Maximum bet, maximum number of raises.
- Lock .................. A hand that cannot be beaten.
- Marker ................ A player's IOU.
-
-
-
- Open ended straight ... Four consecutive cards to a straight with
- both ends open. Such as 9 8 7 6. An A K Q J
- is not open ended.
-
- Pat hand .............. A draw poker hand to which no cards are
- drawn.
-
- Pot ................... Total bets in the center of the table.
- Raise, Bump, Up ....... The player under the gun increases the bet.
- Run 'em ............... Pass the cut of the cards.
-
- Sucker bet ............ Small bet made by a winning hand in an
- attempt to lure another player into raising.
-
- Takeout ............... Amount of money each player brings to game.
- Trips ................. Three of a kind.
- Under the gun ......... The player whose turn it is to bet or call.
- Wild card ............. A card that may be played as any other card
- you wish.
-
- The game of poker is played with a standard 52 card deck of playing
- cards.
-
- There are many varieties of games that may be played. Four games are
- allowed at the Friday Night Poker Club. These are 5 card stud, 5 card
- draw, 7 card stud, and Texas hold 'em. No wild cards are allowed in
- any of the games.
-
- You may elect to play only one of the above games or you may play
- dealer's choice. When playing dealer's choice, the dealer picks the
- game to be played from one of the 4 above games.
-
- The object of poker is to deal the cards and then bet on whether your
- hand is the best of the deal. The number of bets and sequence of
- betting is different with each game and is explained during the
- discussion of each of the 4 games.
-
- The hand usually begins with an Ante. Each player antes up a
- specified amount to start the pot before each deal.
-
- The amount of money each player begins the game is known as the
- takeout.
-
- There are three tables at the Friday Night Poker Club from which to
- choose. The $5 limit table has a maximum bet of $5, an ante of $1 per
- player, and a takeout of $250. The minimum bet at all tables is the
- amount of the ante. The $10 limit table has a maximum bet of $10 , an
- ante of $2 per player, and a takeout of $500. The pot limit table has
- a maximum bet equal to the amount of money in the pot at the time a
- player places a bet. A bet of $10,000 or more is possible at this
- table, although bets this large are rarely placed. At the pot limit
- table, each player antes $10 and the takeout is $5,000.
-
- You selected a table before entering this class. All hands observed
- during this class will be at the table you requested. You may later
- come back to the Capt's class and observe the other tables in play.
-
- When you have completed the class and wish to play poker, select "Main
- menu" and then select "Play poker". You may again select the table at
- which you wish to play.
-
- If you are a novice, I suggest you start at the $5 limit table and
- work your way up to the pot limit table.
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- Capt
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