Forget poker; bridge has its suitors too
Poker may be everywhere on TV, but it doesn’t have a chance on the set in The Bridge Place, a Ft. Myers, Fla., club for card players. “Never,” said Val Covalciuc, who, with her husband, Rick, is co-owner.
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Useful poker information:
- FOURTH STREET - In stud poker, the fourth card dealt to each player. Sometimes used to refer to the fourth community card dealt in Hold'em, although the more common term for this is TURN (q.v.).
- STUCK - Down a nontrivial amount of money, as in "he's stuck $800".
- RAISE - To wager more than the minimum required to call, forcing other players to put in more money as well.
- FLAT LIMIT - A variant of fixed limit where all bets are the same amount.
- FIXED LIMIT - A betting structure where the amount of each bet is a specific fixed quantity. Usually specified as A-B, where A is the amount to bet in the first few betting rounds and B (larger than A) is the amount bet in the later rounds. Related terms: FLAT LIMIT, NO LIMIT, POT LIMIT, SPREAD LIMIT.
- RING GAME - A standard game where players can come and go as they choose. The opposite of TOURNAMENT.
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