Not so red-hot poker: My night on the runs

Green baize tables, multi-coloured chips and eagle-eyed croupiers transformed the corner of the Garden Gate into a mini-casino last Thursday. The pub hosted a one-off Bulleit Bourbon Poker Academy, where card experts taught the rudimentaries of Texas Hold ‘Em.

Poker slang:

DEAD MONEY - Money contributed to the pot by players who have folded.
ON TILT - Playing worse (usually, more aggressively) than usual because a player has become emotionally upset.
SUITED - Two or more cards all the same suit. Ant: OFF-SUIT.
DEAD MAN'S HAND - Generically: two pair, aces and eights. Specifically: the black aces, black eights and nine of diamonds. The hand Wild Bill Hickok was holding when he was shot to death.
REPRESENT - Implying, by one's betting style, that one has a particular hand.
BELLY BUSTER - An inside straight draw. Same as GUTSHOT.

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