My Sportsman Choice: Joseph Hachem
The unexamined life, as the Greek said, not being worth living, it was left to me, last Friday morning, to ponder: Why was I sitting hunched over green baize at Casino Arizona on the Salt River reservation, just off the metro-Phoenix grid a little before three in the morning? Why was I riffling two stacks of five-dollar chips with my right hand while a film of black grime accumulated under my fingernails? Why wedged between two indifferently bathed men, the one on my left a former hog farmer (he…
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Poker slang:
- TOKE - Gambling term for "tip", as in "Toke the cocktail waitress". Comes from the term "Token of appreciation".
- STRAIGHT FLUSH - A hand consisting of 5 cards in sequence and the same suit.
- FREEROLL - [1] A poker tournament that does not charge a buy-in fee; players must earn buy-in credits through previous play at the same establishment. [2] Having a lock on part of a pot (sure to win a greater fraction of the pot than one is betting) and playing to win more or all of it.
- RAINBOW - In flop games, a flop in which no two cards are of the same suit. "The flop was A 9 7 rainbow."
- RAKE - Money taken from each pot and given to the house in return for hosting the game. Usually a percentage of the pot (5%-10%) up to some maximum amount.
- BUTTON - A distinctive token held by the player sitting in the theoretical dealer's position, when a house dealer is used. The button rotates around the table so that every player has an opportunity to be the last to act. Also, "THE BUTTON" can refer to the player who currently has the button. ("I was the button and called the blind".) Synonyms: BUCK, PUCK.
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