Poker, Pomp, and Circumstances: Dealer School
“New casinos are popping up faster than Starbucks,” begins the online promotional brochure of The Casino College, a Sacramento-based school which trains dealers…
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Poker slang:
- TOURNAMENT - A highly structured game involving potentially dozens of tables where all participants pay an entry fee and obtain a fixed number of chips. Once a tournament has started, additional players may not enter. As the game progresses players bust out and are eliminated until only one winner remains.
- BIG BLIND - A blind bet, usually a raise of an earlier blind which would be called the SMALL BLIND. In limit poker, the BIG BLIND is usually the size of the minimum bet on the first round of betting.
- SUITED - Two or more cards all the same suit. Ant: OFF-SUIT.
- DOOR [CARD] - A player's first upcard in stud games.
- UNDER THE GUN - The position that has to act first in a round of betting.
- MARKED CARDS - Cards that have been (illegally) altered so that their value can be read from the back.
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