New TV Drama Kicks Off at Poker Table
Poker has always had a place in Hollywood, whether it be for the big screen or the small screen, and with its current level of hip popularity, especially among the celebrity crowd, it is no wonder a new paramedic drama decided to kick off their season with a poker game. The show, Saved, starts at a poker table where the main character plays in a game he probably shouldn’t, as viewers discover when they learn there are gambling problems to contend with.
Fights with other players, with the parents, with the old girlfriend, and the occasional medical emergency to take care of take up the rest of the nearly hour long premier show, but the poker table in the beginning nicely sets the mood.. …
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Poker argot:
- LIVE [CARD] - In Stud, a card probably not held by other players.
- BOAT - A FULL HOUSE, three of a kind and a pair.
- 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.
- OVERPAIR - In Hold'em, a pair in the hole that is larger than any community card on the board.
- CASE - The fourth card of a particular rank, as in "he folded the case 9" when describing where all the 9s were in a hand. Comes from the game of Faro where an employee of the house, called the "case keeper". kept track of the number of each rank of card remaining.
- BELLY BUSTER - An inside straight draw. Same as GUTSHOT.
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