Saint turns into ‘Devil’ on card nights
IT STARTED six months ago when Steven Baker was lounging around on his couch channel-surfing and stumbled across a poker tournament. He was intrigued and soon hooked.Before long he was inviting his St Kilda teammates around for card nights and finding fellow poker devotees at other clubs as the latest craze in AFL ranks gathered momentum.Tomorrow it reaches its pinnacle with Baker and several other AFL stars to meet their hero, Melbourne’s world poker champion Joe Hachem, for a private game with
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Casino poker language:
- LITTLE SLICK - In Hold'em, hole cards of A-2, suited or not.
- FLOP GAME - Any of a number of poker games where a flop is dealt.
- AMERICAN AIRLINES - In Hold'em, a pair of Aces in the hole. Better known (at least in rec.gambling) as POCKET ROCKETS.
- SHORT-STACKED - Playing with a only a small amount of money, thus limiting one's risk and reward.
- FULL HOUSE - A hand consisting of 3-of-a-kind and a (different) pair.
- GUT SHOT - A draw to an inside straight, as in 2-3-4-6.
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