Seventy-Nine Percent of Americans Agree That New Yorkers Have Good Poker Faces
Robert DeNiro, Donald Trump, Joe Torre… what do these New Yorkers have in common? According to a recent survey by Russell Research, Americans think that they all have good poker faces. In fact, seventy-nine percent of Americans agree that New Yorkers in general have good poker faces. The survey comes on the heels of an ad blitz in New York’s Port Authority Bus Terminal for PokerRoom.tv, a site
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Useful poker terms:
- STRAIGHT FLUSH - A hand consisting of 5 cards in sequence and the same suit.
- STACKED [DECK] - A deck that has been arranged to give one player a huge advantage. Also: RIGGED.
- LIVE ONE - The best kind of opponent, a poor player with a lot of money to lose and in a hurry to lose it.
- DEAD MAN'S HAND - Generically: two pair, aces and eights. Specifically: the black aces, black eights and nine of diamonds. The hand Wild Bill Hickok was holding when he was shot to death.
- BIG BLIND - A blind bet, usually a raise of an earlier blind which would be called the SMALL BLIND. In limit poker, the BIG BLIND is usually the size of the minimum bet on the first round of betting.
- KICKER - In hands containing pairs and trips, the highest card not matched. In draw games, sometimes a card kept for deception purposes.
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