Legends of Poker - Scotty Nguyen
‘If you call, it’s gonna be all over, baby.’ Whether a confident boast or an enticing bluff, Scotty Nguyen made the comment during the final hand of the 1998 World Series of Poker…
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Poker jargon:
- TOP TWO PAIR - In flop games, having hole cards that make the highest possible two pair hand.
- NICKEL - Five dollars, usually represented by a red casino check.
- INSIDE STRAIGHT - Four cards to a straight, where only one rank will complete the hand. E.g., 4-5-6-8 is an inside straight since only a 7 will fill (i.e., complete) the hand. Often called a GUT-SHOT. Compare: BOBTAIL STRAIGHT, OPEN-ENDED STRAIGHT.
- BACK DOOR - Applies to a hand that was made in the last card or two, specifically not a hand the player was originally planning on having. Most often applied to straights and flushes.
- LIVE ONE - The best kind of opponent, a poor player with a lot of money to lose and in a hurry to lose it.
- OPEN-HANDED - A category of games characterized by a part of each player's hand being exposed.
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