Liquor council frowns on poker star’s event

A Canadian Club Whiskey promotion in which poker champion Chris Moneymaker signed autographs for minors at a Pennsylvania liquor store was among marketing efforts that violated a trade association’s voluntary guidelines. Other complaints filed with the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States involved the publication of alcohol-related ads in magazines not geared toward adults and the

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Poker argot:

• 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."
• KICKER TROUBLE - Not having as high a kicker as an opponent.
• OVER - A term used in describing two pair or a full house. "Kings over tens" means two pair, kings and tens. "Jacks over", also "Jacks up" describes a hand that is two pair: Jacks with an unspecified lower pair. Also used to describe a full house, distinguishing the three of a kind from the pair. The hand J-J-J-A-A could be described as "Full house, Jacks over Aces".
• PASSED OUT. - A hand in which nobody opens. What happens next is a function of the game being played.
• SHORT-STACKED - Playing with a only a small amount of money, thus limiting one's risk and reward.
• BOAT - A FULL HOUSE, three of a kind and a pair.