Stacked vs Felted
 

Recently a friendly B&M player has correctly me several times when I used the term stack as in "to take all your chips". According to him stacked means "to build someones stack and double them up". Felted, he tells me, is the word I'm looking for.

Help me B&M Nation keep stacked on the tip of my tongue.

Re: Stacked vs Felted
 

your; "friendly player"=nit

Re: Stacked vs Felted
 

I think you are right (and that's how I've always heard it, FWIW).


Here's a Sklansky-Miller line that I believe makes your argument......

"...With the nut draw, however, you have higher hopes: STACKING SOMEONE".



Best Wishes

Howard

Re: Stacked vs Felted
 

I believe the terms are synonymous except when used in reference to breast augmentation surgery. In that case, one usually gets "felted" after one gets "stacked".

--klez

Re: Stacked vs Felted
 

Not sure, but I think "felted" is an older term. Maybe it's just a California term. Anyway, I was using the expression "stacked" once when a friend asked WTH I was talking about, that the correct phrasing was "felted"; sorry, not anymore, oldtimer. Not sure why we needed another word for the same thing, but I think "stacked" sounds cooler.

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I believe the terms are synonymous except when used in reference to breast augmentation surgery. In that case, one usually gets "felted" after one gets "stacked".

--klez

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rofl, nh

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I believe the terms are synonymous except when used in reference to breast augmentation surgery. In that case, one usually gets "felted" after one gets "stacked".

--klez

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well played

Re: Stacked vs Felted
 

It is generally agreeded upon that Phil Laak coined the term "felted."

Stacked means to lose your stack. Felted means you're "down to the felt."

Same thing - all your chips are gone.

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yeah, they pretty much mean the exact same thing, I don't know why your freind thought differently

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yea, they mean same thing he is a nit

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wow... he is a nit, albeit one with gambol. thanks for the insight.

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It is generally agreeded upon that Phil Laak coined the term "felted."

Stacked means to lose your stack. Felted means you're "down to the felt."

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Interesting. I see him making this claim here: http://lifesabluff.com/interviews/phil-laak-rq.php
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Felted. I coined this term. (Circa 2003). To felt a player is to stack them. Get all their chips and leave them with just the felt in front of them. I throw this in as it is has become a part of common poker vernacular and I am most proud of this contribution.

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Maybe he reinvented this, or maybe he has timelines wrong, but searching on r.g.p I found an entry from Feb 2000 that uses it: http://groups.google.com/group/rec.gambl...91955c4c309e923
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Same type of game with the same kind of
results. If I remember correctly Max got felted; Alan Bostick came in the game and left shortly after.

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Re: Stacked vs Felted
 

Mike McDermott used the term "down to the felt" when TeddyKGB cleaned him out the first time and that movie came out in 1998.

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Guess I haven't been around long enough to hear the term felted being used, but I've always used stacked in sentences like "I got stacked" <- lost my entire stack or "I stacked him" <- Won his stack, left him with no chips. Hope that helps

Re: Stacked vs Felted
 

The way I've heard them used, they are very similar but not exactly the same connotation.

Stacked: To take someone's stack, usually meaning all at once like an all-in showdown in no limit.

Felted: To bust someone, but not neccessarily all at once. Could be a slow grind.

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I like Jeff's interpretation.