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 slang:
- SUICIDE KING - King of Hearts. So named because in the drawing the king appears to be stabbing himself in the head.
- DRAWING DEAD - A draw in which it is impossible to obtain a winning hand for any of a variety of reasons: an opponent's hand is better than whatever you are drawing to, the card(s) that make your hand are out of play, or (in Hold'em) give an opponent a stronger hand even if it makes yours. Frequently used in the past tense, since one rarely knows it at the time.
- FIFTH STREET - In stud poker, the fifth card to be dealt to each player. Sometimes used to refer to the last card dealt in Hold'em, although the more common term for this is RIVER (q.v.).
- TRIPS - Three of a kind. In Hold'em the term SET is used when two of the three cards are hole cards.
- FULL OF - Describes a full house. "Fives full of queens" is 5-5-5-Q-Q.
- REPRESENT - Implying, by one's betting style, that one has a particular hand.
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