Humor Takes Front Seat In Online Poker Marketing
Poker ads on TV and online have almost always had a tinge of humor in them, or if not humor than chutzpa. When not designed to make you chuckle, they are designed to make you feel cool or appeal to your avarice with chances of winning money and the like. One recent marketing effort seeks to appeal to all of the above, with the site www.kickjacksass.com…
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Poker terminology:
- IMPLIED ODDS - A refinement to POT ODDS which includes money not yet in the pot. Considers the potential extra bets and winnings made when a player forms a very good hand.
- BLACK - When referring to chips, black usually stands for $100 casino chips. "This guy sits down with a stack of blacks and raises the first bet." Not ALL casinos use black for $100 but that is the common usage.
- SHARK - A good/crafty player often posing as a fish early in the game.
- FULL HOUSE - A hand consisting of 3-of-a-kind and a (different) pair.
- BLANK - Used in describing stud and Hold'em games. Refers to a dealt card that does not offer any value; stating the actual rank and suit would detract from a description of the hand. "The last card was a blank.".
- FIFTH STREET - In stud poker, the fifth card to be dealt to each player. Sometimes used to refer to the last card dealt in Hold'em, although the more common term for this is RIVER (q.v.).
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