Poker players want trial to challenge gambling law
A group of poker players arrested for gambling have asked for a jury trial in an effort to change South Carolina’s 200-year-old gaming law that bans games of cards and dice.
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Poker lingo:
- DRAW - [1] A class of poker games characterized by players being dealt 5 cards face-down and later having the opportunity to replace some of the original 5. "Draw poker" and "Five-card draw" are examples of usage. [2] In stud and Hold'em games, the set of cards that will be dealt later can be collectively called "the draw". [3] To discard some number of cards and have dealt an equal number of replacements.
- STAND OFF - To call a raise. "Opener raises, I stand off".
- TURN - The fourth community card in Hold'em.
- 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".
- POCKET PAIR - Generic Hold'em term for 2 hole cards of the same rank.
- POCKET ROCKETS - In Hold'em, a pair of aces for hole cards.
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