Answer: Deuce-to-six
The clue refers to the fact that a deck of cards has 52 cards in it. Half the deck would be 26. The answer that most closely resembles 26 is deuce(2)-to-six(6). Each of the variations dictates how a low is made and whether or not straights and flushes count. The deuce-to-six is also known as 6-5 low because a hand of six, five, four, three, two would be the best possible low because aces play high in this variant. In this variant straights and flushes do not count.
From Quiz: Why Lowball? Why Not Lowball?
Answer: 7 Card Stud
Razz is a variant of 7 card stud and is dealt the same way - two cards face down, four cards face up, one card face down. The only time this may vary is if a full ring game (8 players) is taking place and all players stay in until the last card. In this instance 56 cards would be needed and there are only 52 cards in a deck. If this happens the dealer deals the last card face up and all players share it as a community card much like Texas Hold'em. This is the only instance in which a community card is used in Razz.
From Quiz: Wrong Handed Poker
Answer: two down, four up, one down
Seven card stud is usually a limit game, meaning a player can only bet a certain amount during each betting round. The players are dealt two cards face down and one card face up. Then there is a round of betting. The next three cards are dealt face up, with a betting round between each card. The last card is dealt face down with a final round of betting.
From Quiz: Can't Read My Poker Face
Answer: The best combination of exactly two cards from his/her hand and three from the board
Newcomers to this game find this rule to be very annoying. The very first Omaha hand I played, I was dealt three Aces and a King. It took me four pots to realize that you can only use exactly two cards from your hand and three from the board. In Hold'em you can "play the board" sometimes if your hand is weak, or use the Ace of clubs alone to make a club flush. This slight difference in game play alters pots considerably.
From Quiz: An Introduction to Omaha Poker
Answer: Billabong
This style takes some getting used to if you only play one style of poker but it is very addictive.
From Quiz: What Type of Poker is This?
Answer: Big Slick
Big Slick is the name for Ace-King.
From Quiz: Poker Craze!
Answer: Having A-K hole cards
Being dealt Big Slick is very good, but it is also dangerous. Typically, many players would go "all-in" in a no-limit game with this hand. But remember that even a pair of Deuces can beat Big Slick.
From Quiz: Poker Slang
Answer: Susan
Even though Susan's 6's are less than Billy's 7's, she wins the hand because she has three of a kind.
From Quiz: A Simple Poker Quiz
Answer: The Wheel
The strongest hand goes round both ways.
From Quiz: Advanced Poker!
Answer: Bullets
A pair of down bullets can also be referred to as 'aces in the hole.'
From Quiz: Let's Play Poker Terms
Answer: It is the first seat to the left of the big blind and first to act before the flop
Under the gun or UTG for short is the player immediately to the left of the big blind and the first to act preflop. Because he is first to act, he is under the most pressure so the common idiom under the gun was used. It comes from the idea of having a gun pointed at you to make you do something.
From Quiz: Poker Academy 101
Answer: Hearts and Diamonds
Ernie (still looking into the camera): "Hearts and Diamonds are traditionally red while Spades and Clubs are black. There are some four color decks in which each suit has its own color but these decks are not used in most standard poker games. In these decks Spades are black, Hearts are red, Diamonds are blue, and Clubs are green."
From Quiz: "Sesame Street" Does Poker
Answer: one down, four up
The play for five card stud is just like seven card stud, except for the way the cards are dealt. Each player is dealt one card face down and one card face up. Then there's a round of betting. The next three cards are dealt face up with a round of betting between each card. Also, like seven card stud, this game is usually a limit game.
From Quiz: Can't Read My Poker Face
Answer: If quite a few people are playing, you must have the best hand possible or "the nuts" in order to be comfortable about winning.
In poker slang, "the nuts" is the best possible hand in any given situation. For example, if the board shows Ah Kh 2h, the "nuts" would be any the Qh and any other heart. Because there are so many cards in play in Omaha when the table is full, it's safe to assume that the winning player has a considerably powerful hand. Sometimes, folding a full house can be a great move. This is why Texas Hold'em players have a hard time adjusting to Omaha, as very powerful hands are rare in Hold'em.
From Quiz: An Introduction to Omaha Poker
Answer: Crazy pineapple
After each player discards, the game is played just like Texas Hold'em.
From Quiz: What Type of Poker is This?
Answer: A player who makes illogical bets or raises with poor quality hands.
I am quite used to playing against 'donkeys' in lower level competition. We all encounter these types of players, but the beauty of poker is that everyone plays differently and the challenge is recognising and analysing what style each individual player is adopting. If you have a high quality hand, you can gain plenty of money off 'donkeys' if you allow let them to make the pace in a game of poker.
From Quiz: I'm All In!
Answer: Made a Full House
A very strong hand that is rarely beaten. If you make a boat you will be unlucky if it sinks and loses you the pot.
From Quiz: Talking Poker
Answer: 4.5 to 1
Pocket Jacks are a 4.5 to 1 underdog to queens, and this holds true for any lower pocket pair to a higher pocket pair. The lower pocket pair is forced to draw to 2 cards in the deck, making it a substantial underdog.
From Quiz: Poker Craze!
Answer: to quit the round and forfeit a bet
People generally fold when they have a poor hand.
From Quiz: A Simple Poker Quiz
Answer: Spades
Said by Mike McDermot (Matt Damon) just before he loses all his money to Teddy KGB (John Malkovich) in the poker movie 'Rounders'.
From Quiz: Poker Legends, Movies & Terminology
Answer: High Society
High Society is the highest chip in the room. It's nice to have a few of them in front of you.
From Quiz: Let's Play Poker Terms
Answer: It is ignored and of no consequence
Straights are the same as flushes and have no bearing on the game of Razz. The only thing that matters is the rank or value of the card not the sequential order of the cards. There is a variant of Razz played mostly in Europe called London Lowball where flushes and straights do play and are considered high hands but in standard Razz they do not.
Although flushes and straights do not count, pairs and trips still do. In this case either of these make it harder to get a strong low hand.
From Quiz: Wrong Handed Poker
Answer: A-2-3-4-5
In stud high/low, aces can be played either as a high card or a low card. Also, straights and flushes do not count against a low hand. Low hands are typically eight or lower, meaning the highest card the player can have for a low is an eight. Therefore the best low hand in stud high/low is A-2-3-4-5. This is sometimes the best high hand also, which would award the player the entire pot. If there is no low hand, the entire pot goes to the player with the best high hand.
From Quiz: Can't Read My Poker Face
Answer: All of these
Omaha Eight or better, also known by the other two names, is a popular variation of the game where the pot is split in half. The player with the best "high" hand, or regular five-card poker hand, takes half of the pot. A "low" hand is a any hand with five distinct cards that are 8 or lower, thus the name "Eight or better". The player with the lowest qualifying five cards "Eight or better" takes the other half of the pot. Sometimes, pots are "quartered" if half the pot is split in half. Sometimes, there are no qualifying "low" hands, because the nature of Omaha demands that two cards only be used from the player's hand and three from the board. In these cases, the best "hi" hand takes the whole pot. Because a vast majority of hands are relatively playable pre-flop in Omaha Hi/Lo, the pots tend to get huge, which attracts manic gamblers. However, mastering the game will show that not all pots can be played. Despite its complicated nature, Omaha Eight is, in my opinion, the most exciting flop poker variant.
From Quiz: An Introduction to Omaha Poker
Answer: Double Flop Hold'em
This game usually has lower odds because the number of cards used.
From Quiz: What Type of Poker is This?
Answer: Playing that hand as the Dealer
The dealer chip or "button" is moved clockwise around the table after each hand to ensure that no player gets an unfair advantage with the blinds. Playing on the button is considered to be the best position at the table, since one is always last to act as the dealer.
From Quiz: Talking Poker
Answer: Wheel
The Wheel is A2345. It's the best possible low hand, and also a straight ace to five. Often a player will win both the Hi (straight) and the Lo with the wheel.
From Quiz: Poker Craze!
Answer: Full House
The origin of a Full House gaining the nickname Boat is rather obscure, but I can tell you this: While filming the card game at the beginning of the movie "Titanic" (1997), director James Cameron knew nothing about poker. So, he had someone else stage the game so that Jack (Leonardo DiCaprio) would win tickets to the fated liner. The winning hand was a Full House. Appropriate, yes?
From Quiz: Poker Slang
Answer: Joanne
Joanne has a flush, Mary has a straight, and Patti has 3 of a kind. Since a flush beats both a straight and 3 of a kind, Joanne wins.
From Quiz: A Simple Poker Quiz
Answer: Thomas Austin Preston
He was enshrined in the Poker Hall of Fame in 1992 at age 62. Preston has not competed in major Las Vegas tournaments in recent years. He resides in Texas.
From Quiz: Poker Legends, Movies & Terminology
Answer: Jack Strauss
Wish I could do that!
From Quiz: Advanced Poker!
Answer: Mechanic
A mechanic is a cheater and a mechanic's grip is the way a cheater usually holds his cards to make cheating easier.
From Quiz: Let's Play Poker Terms
Answer: Low card
Razz is basically a form of lowball poker so the ace is never high. This is typical of most lowball games except 2 to 7 lowball where the ace is high and never low. In typical poker the ace is high unless it is being used to make a wheel, a straight of A2345. In high/low games the ace plays on both ends and can be used to form both the high and the low in the same hand. In this case the wheel is a very strong hand because it plays both high and low.
From Quiz: Wrong Handed Poker
Answer: A card that freezes action because it could potentially beat you.
A scare card is a card that could potentially beat you. A good example of a scare card in Texas Hold'em is the following. You flop the nut straight but there are two of a suit on the board. The turn is the third of that suit. Your nut straight could now potentially be beaten by a flush so the wise thing to do would be to slow down your betting. Another example would be if you flop the nut flush but the board pairs on the turn or river. Once the board pairs the potential for someone having a full house or even four of a kind exists and you would be beat.
From Quiz: Poker Academy 104
Answer: A bet equal to twice the big blind made from middle or late position prior to looking at your cards
A sleeper straddle is much like the regular straddle in that it equals twice the big blind but it is done by a player not UTG. They can be in any seat other than the blinds or UTG. The advantage of the sleeper straddle is that it can be pulled back if someone raises prior to the action coming to the straddler. If action is folded to the straddler then the straddle becomes live and the straddler cannot take it back.
From Quiz: Poker Academy 101
Answer: Jesus says it's the Jack of Spades and Jack of Hearts
Jesus says his real name is Chris Ferguson and explains that he had planned to get a haircut after the Main Event in 2000, but then he won it and is now stuck with long hair. He continues that these Jacks are also in profile just like the King of DIamonds while the other two are not. He further says that each Jack had a historic counterpart. The Jack of Spades was Ogier the Dane, a knight to Charlemagne. The Jack of Hearts was La Hire, comrade-in-arms to Joan of Arc. The Jack of Diamonds was Hector from Greek mythology. The Jack of Clubs was Lancelot of King Arthur fame.
From Quiz: What's in a Name? Part II
Answer: Five card draw
Some call this the easiest form of poker. Many poker players start with this style as their first poker game.
From Quiz: What Type of Poker is This?
Answer: Juan Carlos Mortensen
Mortensen, nicknamed 'The Matador,' beat out Morrison for the top prize. Born in 1972 in Ecuador, he is a former chess and pool player. His win in 2007, along with his World Series of Poker Main Event win in 2001, made him the first person to win both the World Series of Poker and the World Poker Tour Championships.
From Quiz: I'm All In!
Answer: Phil Hellmuth
Phil Hellmuth has won multiple World Series of Poker bracelets, including the main event in 1989. Phil gets his reputation by speaking his mind after an opponent beats him, usually by some sort of outdraw or "injustice."
"There are guys playing King-eight...King-deuce. It's unbelievable."
From Quiz: Poker Craze!
Answer: 10-2 in the Hole
Legendary poker player Doyle Brunson has long favored the 10-2 in the Hole. As a result, that hand has been named for him.
From Quiz: Poker Slang
