Miserable game

It was, by all accounts, a miserable game. The players were miserable, the game was deadly boring, the rake was too high, the stakes were too low, and I was exhausted. I really shouldn’t have been playing in this $1-5 game, but two friends without much in the way of poker-playing money wanted to play. And I had taken them down to the casino. So I felt obliged. The two of us sat down in this game. Obligation is a drag sometimes.

I was in a funk. I had just left a wild and rocking $20/40 Stud game - where I had gotten rocked. I still had the remnants of my $1,900 stake - about $800. The players at this $1-5 table immediately seized on this as an excuse to rib me. “Slumming” they asked. “Don’t you know we’re only the low rollers” they queried. I would have considered it just good natured kidding but I was in a foul mood and didn’t appreciate it at all. What a bunch of miserable players I had to sit with.. The game was awful. The $1.00 forced bet was generally called without… Continue reading Miserable game

Wed, December 7th, 2005

Poker lingo:

MILES OF BAD ROAD - Three of a kind. Prefixed with a number, 3*<N>, to indicate 3 <N>s. Thus "24 miles of bad road" is 3 eights, etc. (This obviously doesn't work for face cards.)
OVERCALL - To call a bet after one or more players already called.
DRAW OUT - To catch a card that improves your situation from a losing hand to a winning hand, especially when you beat someone holding a hand that usually figures to win.
NO-LIMIT POKER - A game where there is no maximum bet; a player can wager any amount (perhaps above some minimum) up to whatever money is on the table in front of him.
BEE No. 92 (TM) - Trade name for the "diamond back" cards frequently used in casino games. Compare: RIDER BACK.
SIXTH STREET - The sixth card dealt in 7-card stud.

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