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261 mph Meanwhile, the 1500-horsepower Bugatti Chiron's top speed is 261 mph. It's much more powerful, yet 10 mph slower. So what does horsepower mean?

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This may be sacrilege, but we’re just going to come out and say it. Horsepower is not that important. It’s essential, but it isn’t the end-all-be-all of car performance. It’s part of the whole – like a sprinter’s right leg. We’re writing this because of an article in The Verge that pointed out the “horsepower wars” among car manufacturers. We hadn’t really considered this, but it’s true that some people tend to base their perception of a car’s performance on that one number – which makes about as much sense as saying someone is a good runner because they can squat lots of weight.

Let’s put it into perspective

Take, for instance, the 2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata. This lightweight beast goes from 0-60 in 5.8 seconds using a 2.0L four-cylinder that produces 155-horsepower. The 2016 Golf GTI goes from 0-60 in 5.8 seconds as well, but its 2.0L turbo four-cylinder is packing 220-horsepower. That’s a difference of 65-horsepower between the two, but the GTI isn’t any faster. It even tops out at 5 mph slower than the Miata. The difference here is the weight. The Mazda Miata weighs just 2,309lb, while the Golf GTI weighs 3236lb. Those 900 extra pounds really do a number on the GTI. But that’s really just the tip of the iceberg. The 2016 Ford Mustang’s 2.3-liter EcoBoost turbo four-cylinder makes 310-horsepower, but 0-60 in the Mustang – a car that has exactly twice the amount of horsepower as the Mazda Miata – is only 5.6 seconds. That’s just two-tenths of a second faster than both the GTI and the Mazda. And just to be clear, both the GTI and the Mazda would leave the 2.3-liter Mustang in the dust on a racetrack. They’re much better in the corners.

How about supercars?

Currently, the world’s fastest (in terms of top speed) supercar is the Hennessy Venom GT. It’s 1,244-horsepower 7.0L Corvette engine and two turbochargers push it to the world-record speed of 270.49 mph. Meanwhile, the 1500-horsepower Bugatti Chiron’s top speed is 261 mph. It’s much more powerful, yet 10 mph slower. So what does horsepower mean? Not all that much, apparently.

The bigger picture

Why should you care? Because if you’re ever going to buy a car for performance, we want you to make the right decision. Sure, performance combination of all the elements: weight, horsepower, torque, technology, aerodynamics, and so on, but what really matters is how a car feels to drive – not what the spec sheet says. Get in it, drive it, see how fast it’ll accelerate from 0 to 60 mph. Make sure it’s a car that you can have fun in. That’s what really matters.

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What does Sick mean in poker?

Sick is a slang term that originated from outside of the poker world. It generally applies to extreme situations, whether good or bad. For example, the term 'sick upswing' would refer to an upswing that was way bigger than average. A 'sick beat' would be a bad beat that it significantly worse than normal.

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Explanation of Sick

The term “sick” is not primarily a poker term. It’s rather, a popular colloquial term, the usage of which spreads far outside of poker.

One urban dictionary definition -

An adjective similar to cool referring to something that is either great or completely wrong. As we can see here the term sick can be used with both a positive and negative connotation. The meaning will depend heavily on context. In either case, the term is usually used to describe something which falls outside the spectrum of standard results/events. Example of Sick used in a sentence -> I played for several hours last night and went on a really sick downswing.

How to Use Sick as Part of Your Poker Strategy

There is no real need to understand the colloquial term “sick”. As discussed, it is not primarily a poker term. However, not knowing this term (it’s primarily used amongst the younger generation) could potentially feel us leaving left out of a poker conversation that we are not following.