World Poker Tour Founder Speaks Of Positive Poker
When the World Poker Tour hit the airwaves it sparked a poker revolution, one that is still going on strong years later. Founder Steve Lipscomb is partially responsible for that spark, and recently spoke of how one of the added benefits of poker exposure is respectability, something that poker never had much of before.
Speaking at the University of Texas’ McCombs School of Business, his message, as part of the Plus Program, was to do what you have a passion for, and what no one but you can do. He saw that, back in 2001, poker was dying out…
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Poker slang:
- FLAT CALL - To call a bet. Emphasizes that the caller did not raise.
- SUITED - Two or more cards all the same suit. Ant: OFF-SUIT.
- OFFSUIT - Not of the same suit. "I held A-Q offsuit" or "The flop was 10-6-2 offsuit". When speaking of 5 or more cards, not all/ of the same suit, i.e., no flush, as in "button had A-K-10-8-7 offsuit."
- BARN - A FULL HOUSE, three of a kind and a pair.
- 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.
- AMERICAN AIRLINES - In Hold'em, a pair of Aces in the hole. Better known (at least in rec.gambling) as POCKET ROCKETS.
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