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I'm pleased to hear that you think Russ is the best LHE player in your regular game, but am surprised that you didn't mention him in the NLHE category especially considering his outstanding NLHE tournament record.
LOL Homegameaments
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1. Have you ever smooth-called on the river with the nuts when heads-up?
Not heads-up. I misread my hand once and smooth called a three-way pot with a straight flush. I thought I had backdoored a one-card flush the 8
when I had actually made a straight flush.
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2. Have you ever shot an angle? Even a little one?
Can't think of one. But this might be an angle right here. Wait, here's one. I was out of position against Devin with some mediocre hand like second pair, and another overcard comes on the river. I said "I check and call." Hoping to get him to reveal the strength of his hand. He obliged by betting about twice the pot, so I folded.
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3. What are your favorite poker phrases?
Well, I love hearing "I fold." Just love it. Like pretty music. I like the French term for pushing all-in, "Tapis," meaning "carpet," as though you were emptying your house out down to the carpets in order to bet everything.
There are some poker expressions that are unique to the Tuesday game that I quite like, and deserve to see wider use:
"Shitapes" unskilled players of the type found in low-limit online games and at the casino boats near Chicago. Inspired by a chat-box insult, but appropriate because they jabber and throw their chips in the pot the way monkeys fling their poo.
"Bot" an opening raise to 5x the BB, after a player in the game who would pretend to be a robot calculating the perfect bet. Also, a min-raise following a Bot is a re-Bot.
"Crapass" complaining about the way the cards fell. After another player who would occasionally violently muck his "crapass cards!" Also, complaining about anything is now "crapassing."
"Wizard mode" when a player is passively calling bets on the river, being a pay-off wizard, he is said to be stuck in "Wizard mode." It is also a subtle jab at role-playing gamers, the only class with a higher dork quotient than poker players.