When the boys played and paid

As near as anybody can recall it happened in the late 1970s. Word of it began circulating about town the next day, and still arises in many mens recollections. It never appeared in newspapers or on radio because those sources have long maintained the Southern code of decency about gentlemens private matters.

A fishing cabin on the Edisto River off Cannon Bridge Road was the setting. The earliest settlers had relished and reveled in the river from their first day in October 1735. On first look…

Poker argot:

QUARTER - [1] Twenty-five dollars, often symbolized by a green casino chip. [2] To divide half a pot between two tying hands. In split pot games, a player who "ties" another player for their half of the pot is said to be "quartered". One might say "I didn't bet my A-2 because I figured I'd get quartered".
FULL OF - Describes a full house. "Fives full of queens" is 5-5-5-Q-Q.
BUTTON CHARGE - A periodic fee paid by whoever is the button, perhaps every 20 minutes or 30 minutes. Constitutes part or all of the HOUSE CUT.
LIMIT POKER - A poker game wherein the amount to be bet is fixed, or at most variable within a prescribed minimum and maximum. Ant.: NO-LIMIT POKER.
RIVER - The last card dealt in a hand of stud or Hold'em.
OVER - A term used in describing two pair or a full house. "Kings over tens" means two pair, kings and tens. "Jacks over", also "Jacks up" describes a hand that is two pair: Jacks with an unspecified lower pair. Also used to describe a full house, distinguishing the three of a kind from the pair. The hand J-J-J-A-A could be described as "Full house, Jacks over Aces".

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