Charities capitalize on poker boom
ROCKFORD Poker is the new bingo. At least, thats how a growing number of charities in the Rock River Valley feel. Just ask John Guth, director of Ken-Rock Community Center. Like many other nonprofit groups, Ken-Rock has watched charitable donations dry up in recent years.
Budget shortfalls have forced the neighborhood center to lay off two full-time employees since 2002. And revenue from weekly bingo games is slipping.
So Guth organized a Texas Hold ’Em tournament in March that offered as the grand prize a seat at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas…
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Poker argot:
- FULL OF - Describes a full house. "Fives full of queens" is 5-5-5-Q-Q.
- WIRED [PAIR] - A pair in the hole. In 5-card stud, a door card that pairs the hole card.
- FOUR OF A KIND - A hand containing all four cards of the same rank.
- CHASE - To continue in a hand, often at poor odds, in the hopes of catching a much better hand. "He called, chasing the flush.".
- OUT - [1] A card that will improve your hand, often substantially. A hand with many OUTS is preferable to a hand with only 1 or 2. [2] Folded, ineligible to bet or win this hand. "I'm out" is often a synonym for "I fold".
- TOP TWO PAIR - In flop games, having hole cards that make the highest possible two pair hand.
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