Soft poker
1) Smooth, as a soft 8. 2) In lowball, pertaining to a limit
game played at slighter higher than its normal stakes. For example,
a soft 8 starts out as a $6-limit game, and then the players
agree to slightly increase the size of the game by adding $1
to the big blind. Instead of three blinds at $1-$2-$3, it becomes
$1-$2-$4 and $8-limit. This is not the same as a straight 8,
whose blinds are $2-$2-$4. Similarly, a nominal $8-limit game
might become a soft 10, with blinds of $2-$2-$5, instead of
the usual $2-$3-$5. The point of all this is to play at the
next higher level without having to pay the time for that size
game. 3) Easy to beat. "Get in; it's a soft game."
4) Pertaining to currency. For example, when requesting change
in currency (as opposed to chips), a request made by a dealer
to a floor man of "$20 chips, $80 soft" indicates
a player has a $100 bill and wants only $20 of it in chips.
5) Without putting pressure on. "He always plays her soft"
means that when he gets in a pot with this particular young
lady, he does not bluff her, nor does he try to push her around
with aggressive betting
