poker jargon

Alucki · #1 06-02-2005, 06:16 PM

Can somebody tell me what "wired" or "wired pair" means in poker. Sklansky uses that term in his books.

grimel · #2 06-02-2005, 06:40 PM

Your hole cards are paired: 44, KK, JJ, etc.

Alucki · #3 06-02-2005, 06:43 PM

Thank you. much appreciated.

grimel · #4 06-02-2005, 10:09 PM

no problem. I had to read it in several places assume I knew what it ment, then finally find it in the glossary in one of my books.

Alucki · #5 06-03-2005, 12:30 AM

i just thought of another word that I don't understand, cold calling, what's that?

ClaytonN · #6 06-03-2005, 12:32 AM

you have put no chips in. someone ahead of you raises.

you call 2 bets. that's a cold call.

Alucki · #7 06-03-2005, 01:33 AM

why isn't that just a call? why is it cold call?

grimel · #8 06-03-2005, 01:51 AM

You have no investment in the pot. You are entering it cold. In theory you need a very strong hand to cold call. In practice cold calls from the various insane players are a big source of a) your bad beats and b) profit.

Snoogins47 · #9 06-03-2005, 05:26 AM

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why isn't that just a call? why is it cold call?

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It's calling more than one bet at a time. Player X bets, player Y calls, then you, player Z, can call.

Player X bets, player Y raises... it's 2 bets to you. If you call for 2 bets, it's considered calling "cold" since you never called the first bet initially.