What is Sick in Poker?
Sick is a slang term that originated from outside of the poker world. It generally applies to extreme situations, whether good or bad. For example, the term ‘sick upswing’ would refer to an upswing that was way bigger than average. A ‘sick beat’ would be a bad beat that it significantly worse than normal. Its usage is not especially different in a poker context compared to general slang use in the world outside poker.
What is Short handed in Poker?
Short Handed in poker refers to a poker game with 6 or less players. Games with more than 6 players are generally referred to as “full ring” tables. Short handed also applies to 2 player tables, although the term ‘heads up’ is more commonly used to describe 2-way action.
What is Sandbagging in Poker?
Sandbagging is another word for ‘slowplaying’ or ‘trapping’ in poker. It refers to playing a strong made hand passively (by checking and/or calling) in an attempt to deceive our opponent into thinking that we don’t hold a strong hand. The hope is that either our opponent tries to run a big bluff, or doesn’t give us credit when we start betting/raising aggressively on the later betting rounds.
What is Run in Poker?
The term run in poker refers to how the cards fall over a period of time i.e. the run of the cards. When the cards are favourable for a player it can be described with the term ‘running good’, while non-favourable cards can be referred to as ‘running bad’. The run of cards over an individual hand of poker is often referred as the runout i.e. the board runout.
