Forget the charades, poker gets biggest hand this Christmas
In these rapacious times, the simple pleasure of an innocent board or parlour game is no longer enough. This Christmas, families increasingly will be huddled around the card table, playing poker.
Sales figures from department stores and supermarkets released yesterday show that sets of poker chips are outselling classic board games.
The poker craze is fuelled by the popularity of internet gambling sites, endorsements in television programmes such as Desperate Housewives and EastEnders and the growing number of satellite and cable television channels devoted to the game.
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Casino poker language:
- HIT - To make a hand or catch a card or cards that improves one's hand. "I hit a gut-shot draw on the river."
- HOLE CARDS - In Stud and Hold'em, the face-down cards dealt to each player.
- RING GAME - A standard game where players can come and go as they choose. The opposite of TOURNAMENT.
- ON TILT - Playing worse (usually, more aggressively) than usual because a player has become emotionally upset.
- DOUBLE BELLY BUSTER - A two-way inside straight. E.g., 3-5-6-7-9.
- SHARK - A good/crafty player often posing as a fish early in the game.
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