The Business of Poker: Three Wishes for 2006
Last night, I had a dream. In my dream, there was a Genie in the corner who said he would grant me three wishes for the poker world in 2006….
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Casino poker language:
- STRAIGHT FLUSH - A hand consisting of 5 cards in sequence and the same suit.
- PAY OFF - Calling a bet with little expectation of winning, unless the opponent is bluffing.
- MUCK - [1] A collection of face-down cards near the dealer composed of discards, i.e., folded hands, burns and discards for drawing purposes. [2] To throw one's cards into the muck, thus folding.
- 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.
- RAISE - To wager more than the minimum required to call, forcing other players to put in more money as well.
- PASSED OUT. - A hand in which nobody opens. What happens next is a function of the game being played.
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