How to Use the Poker Dark Bet and Whether You Should Add it to Your Poker Arsenal
A dark bet or bet in the dark is a bet made without looking at all or any of the cards involved in a hand. For example, the player first to act on the flop in Hold’em, might make his flop betting decision before the flop cards have even been dealt. Naturally, betting in the dark is not an advisable strategy. It’s often used by players looking to gain a psychological advantage over their opponents or for entertainment value in the case of live TV.
What is Crack Poker? Learn How to Keep Your Head in this Poker Scenario!
Crack means to improve to beat a strong holding in poker. The most common usage is in Hold’em games where a player pocket Aces gets beaten, but it can be used in any scenario where a strong hand loses.
What is Counterfeit in Poker?
Counterfeit essentially means that a relatively strong hand gets significantly weakened after an additional card is dealt. A common example in Hold’em might be where we hold two-pair on the flop but the turn card pairs damaging the value of our hand. Imagine we hold 89 on the T98 board and the turn card comes a Ten. Our eight becomes irrelevant because we now hold Tens and Nines. Furthermore, any player with a Ten or strong 9x (such as A9) has now improved to beat us. We say that our two-pair has been counterfeited. Counterfeiting applies to a range of additional scenarios and also features strongly in games with low hand ranking systems such as Omaha hi/lo.
How to Play Short Deck Poker
In Short Deck poker all deuces, threes, fours, and fives are removed from the deck – leaving 36 cards to play with, which can result in a more action-packed game.
