High stakes on the Hill
When Ray came to UCLA, his first goal was to start a high-stakes underground poker ring in the dorms.He started playing last year, and with the help of a Facebook group, what started as a handful of players expanded to numerous regulars over a few months.Over the past two years, playing poker for money, specifically no-limit Texas Hold ‘em, has become very popular on the Hill as a way of making new friends and earning some extra cash.Though gambling for money is against Housing policy, student p
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Poker jargon:
- QUALIFIER - A minimum standard that a hand must meet in order to win. Usually applied to the lowball side of a high-low split pot.
- PAT - Holding or being dealt a pat hand. "I'm pat" would mean "I don't want to draw any cards.
- JOKER - A 53rd card in the deck, distinct from the others, used as a wild card or as a BUG.
- BURN - To discard the top card of the deck prior to dealing, usually done for every dealing round except the first. The theory being that if somehow the cards are marked (illegally) no one will know what card will next be dealt, only what card will be burned. This makes marked cards less of an advantage, hence tends to reduce cheating.
- 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.
- STUCK - Down a nontrivial amount of money, as in "he's stuck $800".
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