Poker Makes Inroads into Hanukkah
Whereas the poker game should have lasted for just one night, it ended up lasting for eight whole nights after the Maccabees bad beat their Greek oppressors.
All joking aside, for the first time since 1959, there is an overlap this year between Christmas and the first day of Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights. While Hanukkah celebrations typically involve lighting candles and singing traditional songs…
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Useful poker terms:
- ACTION - Money that is being bet. "NO ACTION" means a hand or game has few bettors and fewer raisers. "Gimme some action" is ostensibly a plea for calls and raises.
- QUALIFIER - A minimum standard that a hand must meet in order to win. Usually applied to the lowball side of a high-low split pot.
- BET - To put money into the pot, pursuant to the rules of the game, thus maintaining a chance of winning the pot.
- ASSAULT RIFLE - In Omaha, hole cards that are A-K-4-7 of any suit(s).
- EDGE - An advantage over an opponent, either specific or subjective.
- BET FOR VALUE - Betting a hand that, in the long run, is expected to win more than it loses. Antonym: BLUFF.
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