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.
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Poker jargon:
- TRIPS - Three of a kind. In Hold'em the term SET is used when two of the three cards are hole cards.
- LATE BLIND - In addition to "regular" blinds, some games allow a player (particularly a new one) to post a blind bet in return for the right to enter the game immediately and act last on the first betting round. The amount of the blind is determined by house rules, usually somewhere between the last blind and double the last blind. It is frequently a LIVE BLIND.
- BICYCLE - The best possible low hand: A-2-3-4-5. More common term: WHEEL.
- BELLY BUSTER - An inside straight draw. Same as GUTSHOT.
- GUT SHOT - A draw to an inside straight, as in 2-3-4-6.
- PASS - Opposite of bet. To check, if checked to. To fold, if bet to.
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