Sanity card trumps city police in poker fiasco
Michael Olesker Now that sanity has belatedly arrived in a small corner of Baltimore’s criminal justice system, those such as Eddie Oates are free to vent a little. He was there last week, playing poker, when the great wave of city police arrived and hit the Owl’s Nest warehouse near Camden Yards like the beach at Normandy. The police had guns and barking dogs. Oates had his hands full of poker
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Poker lingo:
- STACKED [DECK] - A deck that has been arranged to give one player a huge advantage. Also: RIGGED.
- NUT / NUTS - The best possible hand of a given class. Not a LOCK unless all cards have been dealt. The "nut flush" is the highest possible flush, but might still lose to, e.g., a full house. Usually used in Hold'em games.
- LIVE [CARD] - In Stud, a card probably not held by other players.
- DEALER'S CHOICE - In home games, a rule that permits the dealer to name which poker game to be played that hand. Often limited to selecting from a list provided.
- TELL - Any personal mannerisms that reveal the quality of one's hand. E.g., constantly looking at one's hole cards is often a tell of a poor hand. (Some players, knowing this, will at times check their hole cards when they have a great hand and don't need to look.)
- ROYAL FLUSH - An ace-high straight flush, the best possible hand in regular poker.
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