The Poker World Is Flat, Part 2
There is a long pattern in which historians, biographers, memoirists and dictionary editors tend to strike gambling from the record.
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Poker lexicon:
- JOKER - A 53rd card in the deck, distinct from the others, used as a wild card or as a BUG.
- LOWBALL - Generic term for poker where the lowest hand wins.
- FLAT CALL - To call a bet. Emphasizes that the caller did not raise.
- HOYLE - Edmund Hoyle (1769-?) was the authoritative source for rules of card games. Hoyle is to card rules as Webster is to word definitions.
- STACKED [DECK] - A deck that has been arranged to give one player a huge advantage. Also: RIGGED.
- KICKER - In hands containing pairs and trips, the highest card not matched. In draw games, sometimes a card kept for deception purposes.
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