A safe bet: “World Poker Tour” in your own basement
Long before the PlayStation invaded the family basement, another game ruled the rumpus room. Poker and its many variants have held an allure for guys who wanted to sit around in the low light of the household netherworld and partake in pleasures that seemed a little prurient to everyone upstairs.
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Useful poker information:
- BRODERICK CRAWFORD - In Hold'em, hole cards of 10-4. From the 1950s TV series "Highway Patrol", starring Broderick Crawford.
- LIVE [CARD] - In Stud, a card probably not held by other players.
- 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.
- LEAK - To show one's hole cards (often unknowingly).
- SPLIT [THE POT] - To split the pot between two or more players. Related term: QUARTER.
- 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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