ASK AMY | AMY DICKINSON: This poker romance looks like addiction

Dear Amy: Eight months ago, I joined an online poker site to unwind from work.

TELL - Any personal mannerisms that reveal the quality of one's hand. E.g., constantly looking at one's hole cards is often a tell of a poor hand. (Some players, knowing this, will at times check their hole cards when they have a great hand and don't need to look.)
BICYCLE - The best possible low hand: A-2-3-4-5. More common term: WHEEL.
UNDER THE GUN - The position that has to act first in a round of betting.
GOOD GAME - A game with players worse than you so that you can expect to win a lot of money.
ANTE - A small bet all players are required to make before a hand is dealt. Not all games have an ante. Related terms: BLIND, FORCED BET.
HIGH-LOW SPLIT - Forms of poker in which the pot is split between the best hand and best lowball hand.

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