Guardado’s big deal in Vegas
It’s difficult to dial around the television these days without tripping over some sort of poker tournament. There are professionals playing. There are celebrities playing. There are pros giving lessons. There are pros giving lessons to celebrities. And now the poker craze has come to baseball. Mariners reliever Eddie Guardado is holding a poker tournament for major leaguers today at The Palms casino in Las Vegas. At stake, in the finest poker tradition, is a silver bracelet. “It’s made by the same …
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Poker jargon:
- FULL OF - Describes a full house. "Fives full of queens" is 5-5-5-Q-Q.
- PAY STATION - A player who rarely folds, thus who frequently calls better hands and loses. Almost as much fun as a LIVE ONE.
- BUTTON CHARGE - A periodic fee paid by whoever is the button, perhaps every 20 minutes or 30 minutes. Constitutes part or all of the HOUSE CUT.
- LOWBALL - Generic term for poker where the lowest hand wins.
- BICYCLE - The best possible low hand: A-2-3-4-5. More common term: WHEEL.
- STRAIGHT - A hand consisting of 5 cards in sequence but not in suit.
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