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A boat is simply a nickname for a full house in poker. This particular nickname may even be used more commonly than the actual hand name itself, pesumably because it’s easier to say than “full house.”A boat is made when we hold 3 cards of one rank and two cards of another, for example QQQJJ. This hand would be described as a boat “Queens full of Jacks”.
To bluffcatch in poker means to call a bet with a hand that will only win if our opponent is bluffing. The term bluffcatcher refers to the type of hand we hold when bluffcatching, typically a mid-strength or weak holding. Once a hand is strong enough to start beating some of our opponent’s legitimate made hands, it should no longer be referred to as a bluffcatcher. Bluffcatching is an important aspect of poker – if we don’t bluffcatch in the right situations our opponent will be able to get away with bluffing too often.
The term add-on describes extra chips we are allowed to add to our tournament stack in exchange for a fee. Add-ons are usually only available at one specific point during a tournament, typically after the ‘rebuy’ period is over. Add-ons are hence different from rebuys, since players may rebuy as many times as they want during the rebuy stage of a tournament. Add-ons however,can only be purchased once and only after the rebuy period has ended. (Of course, the precise rules could vary depending on the tournament.)