Can You “Talk the Talk” at the Poker Table?
You’re in a three-way Texas Hold’em hand and you’ve got “big slick” on the “button”. The “flop” comes down Q-10-4 “rainbow” giving you a “gutshot” draw and two “overcards”.The “big blind” is a “calling station”, but the middleman is a “rock”. They both check, so you “lead out” and the big blind “check-raises” you. The rock folds, making the pot “heads up” and you call.On the “turn”, you “spike” the Jack to make your “broadway”. You’ve got the current “nuts”, but two spades now put a possible “fl
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Poker talk:
- FAVORITE - Before all the cards are dealt, a hand that figures to be the winner. Ant: UNDERDOG.
- FLOORMAN - The casino representative in charge of the card room or a section of a card room. Arbitrates disputes when unusual events happen.
- BIG SLICK - In Texas Hold'em, hole cards of A-K, suited or not.
- FILL - To draw a card that makes a five-card hand (straight, flush, full house, straight flush).
- RAINBOW - In flop games, a flop in which no two cards are of the same suit. "The flop was A 9 7 rainbow."
- LIVE BLIND - The last and largest blind bet may or may not be LIVE. If LIVE, the blind bettor has the option of "raising" his own blind in the event the bet is called around to him. This is normal, and is sometimes referred to as "blinds are live".
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