Raking in the chips
At AfterHours, hundreds of chips clunk together like a ceramics factory during an earthquake while dozens of gamblers stare unemotionally at the loot on the table and wait for the next card.Somewhere a chair is pushed back and cigars have to be physically restrained from immolating themselves and leaping into a waiting jaw. It’s poker night gone large.Friday saw Texas Hold‘em, the game that brought poker back into the spotlight, offered up by the Union Program Council and AfterHours.Sarah Morton
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Poker terminology:
- UNDER THE GUN - The position that has to act first in a round of betting.
- POSITION - One's location in the betting sequence, relative to the players still in the hand. First position is first to act.
- TOP PAIR - In flop games, having a hole card that matches the highest card on the board.
- FOUR OF A KIND - A hand containing all four cards of the same rank.
- THIRD STREET - In Stud, the third card dealt to each player.
- BUTTON - A distinctive token held by the player sitting in the theoretical dealer's position, when a house dealer is used. The button rotates around the table so that every player has an opportunity to be the last to act. Also, "THE BUTTON" can refer to the player who currently has the button. ("I was the button and called the blind".) Synonyms: BUCK, PUCK.
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