Bio charts rise and fall of pioneering gossip columnist
There once was a time before actors became as ubiquitous as the weather, before minor-celebrity poker games filled the airwaves and videos too mechanical to be scandalous infested the Internet. In that golden age, the news out of Hollywood often was real news, and when the stars spoke, the culture quaked.
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Poker dictionary:
- CRYING CALL - A call made with little chance of ultimately winning, but marginally better than an immediate fold.
- BEE No. 92 (TM) - Trade name for the "diamond back" cards frequently used in casino games. Compare: RIDER BACK.
- LIVE ONE - The best kind of opponent, a poor player with a lot of money to lose and in a hurry to lose it.
- BET FOR VALUE - Betting a hand that, in the long run, is expected to win more than it loses. Antonym: BLUFF.
- MUCK - [1] A collection of face-down cards near the dealer composed of discards, i.e., folded hands, burns and discards for drawing purposes. [2] To throw one's cards into the muck, thus folding.
- FISH - A player who loses money. An old saying is "If you can't spot the fish at the table, *you* are the fish.".
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