The Borgata Adds a Couple Cadillacs for Players
In the competitive world of land-based casino gaming, the war for poker tournament players has become a battle of wits for today’s biggest and brightest minds of the poker industry…
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Poker talk:
- ON THE COME - A situation where the player does not have a complete hand but hopes to make one if the right cards come up.
- BELLY BUSTER - An inside straight draw. Same as GUTSHOT.
- CASE - The fourth card of a particular rank, as in "he folded the case 9" when describing where all the 9s were in a hand. Comes from the game of Faro where an employee of the house, called the "case keeper". kept track of the number of each rank of card remaining.
- HOUSE RULE - Rules and interpretations (e.g., use of wild cards, or rules on having to show beaten hands) that are specific to an establishment or even tables within the establishment.
- 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".
- AMERICAN AIRLINES - In Hold'em, a pair of Aces in the hole. Better known (at least in rec.gambling) as POCKET ROCKETS.
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