Poker tourney hopes to win with full house
The Ahwatukee Swim & Tennis Center staff hopes to get a full house at a poker fund-raiser at 7 p.m. April 21 to pay for park improvements and a new shade structure at the center’s pool.
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Poker glossary:
- SCOOP - To take all of a pot that is normally split, either by winning both halves outright or winning one half when no players qualify for the other half.
- ACTION - Money that is being bet. "NO ACTION" means a hand or game has few bettors and fewer raisers. "Gimme some action" is ostensibly a plea for calls and raises.
- FLOP GAME - Any of a number of poker games where a flop is dealt.
- 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".
- RING GAME - A standard game where players can come and go as they choose. The opposite of TOURNAMENT.
- RAISE - To wager more than the minimum required to call, forcing other players to put in more money as well.
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