WSOP Updates – The Steely Gaze, and the Best Smile in the Business
Cyndy Violette smiles at me, and I am mesmerized. Wearing a pink shirt with the words ‘Poker Pro’, a Doyle’s Room baseball hat, and spreading around the felt an assortment…
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- Aces and poker faces
Poker slang:
- UNDERDOG - Before all the cards are dealt, a hand that does not figure to be the winner. Ant: FAVORITE.
- NUT / NUTS - The best possible hand of a given class. Not a LOCK unless all cards have been dealt. The "nut flush" is the highest possible flush, but might still lose to, e.g., a full house. Usually used in Hold'em games.
- STUCK - Down a nontrivial amount of money, as in "he's stuck $800".
- BLUFF - To make a bet or raise with a poor hand, in hope that the remaining active player(s) will fold.
- HIT - To make a hand or catch a card or cards that improves one's hand. "I hit a gut-shot draw on the river."
- TOP TWO PAIR - In flop games, having hole cards that make the highest possible two pair hand.
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