The origin of the word Poker is also well debated. Most of the dictionaries and game historians say that it comes from an eighteenth-century French game, poque. However, there are other references to pochspiel, which is a German game. In pochspiel, there is an element of bluffing, where players would indicate whether they wanted to pass or open by rapping on the table and saying, "Ich Poche!" Some say it may even have derived come the Hindu word, pukka.
Yet another possible explanation for the word poker, is that it came from a version of an underworld slang word, "poke," a term used by pickpockets. Cardsharps who used the 20-card cheating game to relieve a sucker from his poke may have used that word among themselves, adding an r to make it "poker." The thought was that if the sharps used the word "poker" in front of their victims, those wise to the underworld slang would not surmise the change.
Why did he call it Poker? Researchers looked into games of other countries to see if there was any game whose name sounded anything like "poker." They came up with an eighteenth-century French game called poque, a German game that involves a certain amount of bluffing called Pochspiel, and there's even a suggestion that the word derived from a Hindu word: pukka.
Well, more realistically, the word "poker" probably finds its origins in the underworld of thieves. Some of the card hustlers may have already been using the expression since "poke" was a slang word used by pickpockets. It is believed that card hustlers, who emerged from that same underworld to cheat unsuspecting opponents, used the word in relation to their card-playing victims. The "r" might have been added to throw off players who were wise to the underworld slang. The reason Poker has such seedy origins has mainly to do with the fact that it is a simple game (sometimes even a quick game, depending on the version you're playing), it involves an element of cheating, and it's played for money.
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A pot starter in poker is either the ante or blinds.
Poker pot equity refers to you being able to get enough from a pot given your hand prior to making a betting decision. So if you have a good poker hand, but the pot is small, you would be getting bad pot equity to make a large bet. ALternatively, if you have a good hand and the pot is big, you may want to bet into this pot as you will be getting good pot equity.
Prize money if you are asking about a tournament, in regular play it is called the pot.
The largest pot ever won in online poker was between poker pro Patrick Antonius against Isildur1 (Online name). This pot was worth $878,958. Patrick and Isildur where playing Pot Limit Omaha Hi. This happened on Full Tilt on November 21, 2009.
Poker mathematics mainly consist of 2 things : No. of Outs & Pot Odds.
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In "Hi/Lo" poker there are 2 winning hands. This means if you win High you get 50% of the pot, and if you lose Low, the other player wins 50% of the pot. If you win both, you will win 100% of the pot. You can not "declare" that you have the winning hand in poker either. Everything is decided on the showdown.
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You bet on your hand, if you think you can win the pot you bet on your hand.
The 'rake' is a small percentage of each pot that goes to the house (host casino). This is the way the house makes money on poker. As an example, say two players are in a pot. After several betting rounds the hand reaches the river and there is $500 in the pot. The first player shows the best hand and wins. Say the rake in this casino is 10%, that would mean the player gets $450 and the casino gets $50. Often there is no rake deducted from the pot when the hand doesn't reach the flop (the 'no flop, no drop' rule).
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So you can continue playing poker.*The nickname kitty, for a cat, is also a slang word for a collection of money, as in gambling (where it is usually called a pot), or the joint pooling of cash to pay a restaurant bill or bar tab.