C’mon, ladies, throw in your ante and play
A long, long time ago, in the seventh decade of the last century, when I first began playing casino poker, there were almost no women in the game. On many occasions, I was the lone female in the room. Even in home games, I was the only one without facial hair. But times have changed, and women are finally coming into their own in the poker world.Today it is estimated that 1 in 10 casino poker players is a woman. Poker Stars, a major online site, says that 1 in 3 of their players is female. Thank
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Poker dictionary:
- LEAK - To show one's hole cards (often unknowingly).
- ON TILT - Playing worse (usually, more aggressively) than usual because a player has become emotionally upset.
- WHITE BLACKBIRD - A hand so astonishingly rare as to be unworthy of the opponents' consideration, e.g., being dealt a pat royal flush in 5-card draw.
- FLUSH - A poker hand consisting of five cards all one suit.
- FREEZE-OUT - A table-stakes game that continues until a small number of players (possibly only one) has all the money. The major event in The World Series of Poker is a freeze-out game.
- LIVE ONE - The best kind of opponent, a poor player with a lot of money to lose and in a hurry to lose it.
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