Can you Fit a Poker Table under a Christmas Tree?
It’s that time of the year again, and Christmas 2005 is filled with a blizzard of poker products. Across the US and the UK, consumers are lining up to purchase poker paraphernalia, a sign that the game’s pop culture status is still secure. Indeed, the new international poker craze is showing no signs of slowing down, with retailers on both sides of the Atlantic struggling to keep pace with the incredible demand for everything poker.
Sets of poker chips are selling out even more quickly than traditional board games…
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Poker dictionary:
- STRAIGHT - A hand consisting of 5 cards in sequence but not in suit.
- CRYING CALL - A call made with little chance of ultimately winning, but marginally better than an immediate fold.
- THIRD STREET - In Stud, the third card dealt to each player.
- WORLD SERIES OF POKER - A series of several different poker games with relatively large buy-ins, culminating in a $10,000 buy-in no-limit Hold'em tournament, the winner of which is crowned the World Poker Champion. Sponsored by Binion's Horseshoe Club in Las Vegas.
- INSIDE STRAIGHT - Four cards to a straight, where only one rank will complete the hand. E.g., 4-5-6-8 is an inside straight since only a 7 will fill (i.e., complete) the hand. Often called a GUT-SHOT. Compare: BOBTAIL STRAIGHT, OPEN-ENDED STRAIGHT.
- KICKER TROUBLE - Not having as high a kicker as an opponent.
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