What is Fastplay in Poker?
Fastplay means to play a strong value hand by aggressively betting and raising (often for large bet sizings). It’s the opposite term to slowplay, which means to play a strong made hand in deceptive, passive way (hoping to get a big payout on the later streets). Fastplaying big hands is usually the most profitable thing to do. Slowplaying in the wrong spots is a common mistake many players make.
What is Family Pot in Poker?
A family pot is a pot where most or all of the players at the table see a flop (or whatever the second betting round is in other variants). In high level Hold’em games, the majority of flop situations are either heads up or 3-way. To see 5+ players on the flop, i.e a family pot,is not something that happens often. It’s either an extremely rare run of cards or it’s (more likely) an indication that the table is populated by weak players who are entering the pot with too many hands on the first betting round.
The Best Poker Tournaments Around the World
There are thousands of poker tournaments held around the world each year. Many of them are local or regional events, but some have worldwide appeal. Below we take a look at some of the best poker tournaments from around the world.
What is Expectation in Poker?
Expectation refers to the amount of money we can expect to win/lose on average after making a certain decision at the poker tables. It has the exact same meaning as expected value. A poker decision that is expected to make money in the long run can be described as a decision with a ‘positive expectation’. Although our results will rarely conform to our expectation in the short term, good poker players realise that the expectation of a decision is far more important than short term results.
