Tournament Strategies
After receiving pocket cards, you are immediately faced with a choice: play your cards and either raise or call the blinds, or fold.
Practice Matters
Vigorish, Viggerish or Vig. A percentage extracted from the pot or an hourly
Vigorish, Viggerish or Vig. A percentage extracted from the pot or an hourly charge taken by the Poker game operator to enable the house to make a profit on the game. Also known as a "rake-off or "cut." "I wouldn't play Poker in that joint because the vigorish is so high it breaks all the players."
Wave. (1) To bend the edge of a card during play for identification purposes. "I
Wave. (1) To bend the edge of a card during play for identification purposes. "I caught that card cheater waving the corner of the ace." (2) The bend itself.