Am I the only person who found that article so jargon rich to be almost unreadable? I wonder if people who hear me blathering on about IPsec Transport sessions and RFC 2893 tunnels have the same experience.
It was written for the poker community, not a general audience. As with any complex field, you need a specialized vocabulary to communicate effectively.
Further to the other reply:
- the rail/railbirds - observers to an online poker match
- hyperaggro - a very aggressive player (bets and raises a lot), such as Isildur
- n-tabling - playing multiple online poker games simultaneously.
- HU - heads-up, a two player poker game, such as the one between Isildur and Tom "Durrr" Dwan
- degen - dengenerate, someone who takes too many risks and plays at stakes higher than they can afford
Rereading the article, I can see what you mean. From the outside it can look like all the jargon is just to exclude outsiders, but it really is needed to communicate effectively.
Ah, this article makes me want to go back to poker...
NLHE: no limit hold'em
x/y--size of the blinds, the ante you pay before seeing the cards in hold'em.
grinders--someone who plays a lot of poker and makes a little bit of money. to make a lot of money you have to "grind" out a bunch of wins over a long period of time.
the nuts--best hand possible to win a hand of poker
buyin--amount of $ you are allowed to start a game at a table with.
PLO--pot limit omaha, a kind of poker
EV--expected value
2p2--popular poker forum Two Plus Two
There are poker slang glossaries online available for further enlightenment.
