Going to Chicago?… PART 2
This 21-table, non-smoking poker room overlooks Lake Michigan from the top deck of the Trump Indiana Casino river boat. A convenient open-air deck for smoke breaks is half a dozen paces from the room. The Casino is located in Buffington Harbor, in Gary, Indiana, a short, half hour’s drive from downtown Chicago.
Since we often approach poker room staff without introducing ourselves, we get a clearer view of how visitors are greeted. In this room, we were treated so well, we asked if someone had phoned ahead to tell them we were coming! The competent staff and dealers headed by poker manager, Greg Nichols, and assistant poker manager, Dominic Niro, made us feel right at home.
Just like many poker rooms, Texas Hold’em is the daily game of choice from low-limit to No-Limit. The No-Limit Hold’em games with $50 to $200 buyins (2 & 5 blinds) run almost 24-7. We found these No-Limit Hold’em games full of rip-roarin’ action from local and out-of-state players. Pot-… Continue reading Going to Chicago?… PART 2
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Poker argot:
- 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.
- CAP - To cap the betting is to make the last permitted raise in a round.
- DECLARE - In high/low games, declaring one's hand as high or low or both ways (usually done with chips in hand). Usually played in home games; casinos tend to play CARDS SPEAK.
- OMAHA - A variant of Hold'em where each player receives 4 hole cards and must use exactly two of them (together with 3 of 5 board cards) to make a hand. Often played high-low split with an 8 qualifier for low.
- 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.
- STUD - Any of several poker games in which some of each players' cards are exposed.
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