Poker turns homes into minicasinos
There are drinks and dinner, ballgames on television and the chance to win, or lose, hundreds, even thousands, of dollars in a night.It’s high-stakes poker, but it’s not in a casino or on a cruise ship to nowhere.As poker has turned into a national craze, more people are turning their living rooms into minicasinos. They are hosting poker games such as Texas Hold ‘em and Omaha and requiring players to put up hundreds of dollars just to enter with the lure of unlimited winnings.Underground poker i
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Poker dictionary:
- BUNNY - An eight. So named because one can easily draw "rabbit ears" above the numeral 8, "paws" in the middle and "feet" at the bottom. (Do this only at home, and not on cards that will be used for play.)
- STAKE - The amount of a player's BUY-IN, or the amount of money they are willing to play with in a given session. Compare: BANKROLL.
- LOCK - A hand that cannot be beat under any circumstances. Also: NUTS.
- OVERPAIR - In Hold'em, a pair in the hole that is larger than any community card on the board.
- WHEEL - A-2-3-4-5. Usually discussed in the context of lowball where it is the best possible hand. Can also refer to a 5-high straight in high games. Also: BICYCLE.
- ALL-IN - To have all of one's chips in the pot. A player who is all-in cannot be forced out of the pot by more betting, but is only eligible to win that portion of the pot he has contributed to. Generally, a SIDE POT is created each time a player is all-in.
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