John Roberts, The Supreme Court, And Me

It was the New York Times calling, wanting to know what I thought of the nomination of John Roberts to the Supreme Court. My first thought was, “Yes!! I’ve made it!”

Then reality struck me, “Wait a minute.” So I asked, “Why ask me?”

The reporter replied, “You went to school with him for three years.”

I checked the 1979 Harvard Law School yearbook. There it was: Roberts, Rose… his photo was right above mine.

I’d like to say that John and I were great pals. But we didn’t hang out together. He spent his time at the Law Review office. I spent mine playing poker.

Although we never worked on a case together, John Roberts, now Chief Justice of the United States, has also been involved with gaming law.

In 1999, the U.S. Supreme Court heard one of the most important cases involving legal gambling in years. Federal law prohibits “lotteries” from advertising on radio or television. The Federal Communicatio… Continue reading John Roberts, The Supreme Court, And Me

Sun, November 13th, 2005

Poker lexicon:

LEAK - To show one's hole cards (often unknowingly).
DEAD MAN'S HAND - Generically: two pair, aces and eights. Specifically: the black aces, black eights and nine of diamonds. The hand Wild Bill Hickok was holding when he was shot to death.
TOP PAIR - In flop games, having a hole card that matches the highest card on the board.
CASE - The fourth card of a particular rank, as in "he folded the case 9" when describing where all the 9s were in a hand. Comes from the game of Faro where an employee of the house, called the "case keeper". kept track of the number of each rank of card remaining.
SEAT POSITION - The actual seat a player has, normally numbered sequentially starting with 1 as the first seat to dealer's left. Not to be confused with POSITION in a particular pot. Typically unrelated to play of a hand but often important in peripheral aspects, e.g.: "Seats 1 and 10 are nonsmoking here", "Seat 5 has a good view of the table", "Seat 3 is in a high-traffic area".
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.

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