WSOP Updates - Spotlight Series - 1,001 Gavin Smith Stories
If you have been following the ‘Spotlight Player’ Series you know that part of my WSOP assignment is to follow Liz Lieu, Tony G. and Gavin Smith. While my fellow poker media buddies look for stories and cover final tables…
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Casino poker language:
- BICYCLE - The best possible low hand: A-2-3-4-5. More common term: WHEEL.
- 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".
- TURN - The fourth community card in Hold'em.
- WHITE BLACKBIRD - A hand so astonishingly rare as to be unworthy of the opponents' consideration, e.g., being dealt a pat royal flush in 5-card draw.
- MANIAC - A player who bets, raises and reraises without regard to the quality of his hand. Most often found in flop games.
- PAT - Holding or being dealt a pat hand. "I'm pat" would mean "I don't want to draw any cards.
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