A reporter’s view on the ’sport’ of poker
It’s Jan. 29, and they’re playing Texas Hold-Em poker at the Chinook Winds Casino Resort. Their seats at the table bought during Pacific Communities Hospital Foundation’s 2005 Festival of Trees fundraiser, the 20 players are part of what some are calling the fastest growing sport in the country.
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Poker lingo:
- MIDDLE POSITION - Betting positions approximately halfway around the table from the first player to act.
- MILES OF BAD ROAD - Three of a kind. Prefixed with a number, 3*<N>, to indicate 3 <N>s. Thus "24 miles of bad road" is 3 eights, etc. (This obviously doesn't work for face cards.)
- MISDEAL - A hand dealt incorrectly that must be re-dealt.
- MITES AND LICE - A hand consisting of two pair, threes over twos.
- 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.).
- TAP - In no-limit games, to wager all of one's money in one bet.
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