Dan O'Callaghan was originally introduced to poker during his time as an English student in Newcastle and has been playing professionally for a number of years. Best known as danshreddies online, he's had success on both the live and virtual felts, enjoying the highs of tournament success and the frustration of a WSOP Main Event bubble. He has racked up over $120K in live earnings and over $750K online from a combination of MTTS, cash games and 3 handed Hyper turbos.
Dan describes himself as 'a bit of a weirdo', bringing this quirky je ne sais quoi to his work. He's a fierce optimist too, and his light-hearted style of writing has proved popular within the poker community. He's also freakishly tall!
Follow him for coaching and giveaways at YouTube.com/danshreddies and @Danshreddies On Instagram and Twitter
Run it Twice means to deal two board runouts once players are all in. Each runout is worth half the pot. Running it twice is a popular option amongst professional players because it helps to reduce variance (without affecting the profitability of the situation). To reduce variance even further players sometimes elect to run the board three or even four times, with each run being worth an equal segment of the pot.
The river is the name given the final betting round in the majority of poker variants. As an example, the betting rounds in Texas Hold’em are preflop, flop, turn and river. Since the river is the final betting round, any players remaining in the hand must reveal the strength of their hand after the river action is complete (known as showdown).
Poker table positions dictate the order of play. Learn what each position means and how you can benefit from this article on poker positions explained.
The Nuts in poker means the best possible hand. It is often referred to as the stone cold nuts for emphasis. While the nuts in Hold’em is technically the royal flush, the term nuts is used to describe the strongest possible holding given the situation. For example in Hold’em, on a QT8 rainbow texture, J9 in the hole is the nuts because it makes the nut straight.
A nit is an exceptionally tight poker player who only enters the pot with top tier premium holdings. Nits spend most of their life folding on the first betting round (preflop in Hold’em), but if they do start betting and raising, they nearly always have the nuts (or close to it).
Dan O'Callaghan was originally introduced to poker during his time as an English student in Newcastle and has been playing professionally for a number of years. Best known as danshreddies online, he's had success on both the live and virtual felts, enjoying the highs of tournament success and the frustration of a WSOP Main Event bubble. He has racked up over $120K in live earnings and over $750K online from a combination of MTTS, cash games and 3 handed Hyper turbos.
Dan describes himself as 'a bit of a weirdo', bringing this quirky je ne sais quoi to his work. He's a fierce optimist too, and his light-hearted style of writing has proved popular within the poker community. He's also freakishly tall!
Follow him for coaching and giveaways at YouTube.com/danshreddies and @Danshreddies On Instagram and Twitter
