Playboy to Join Poker Game: Web Site Won’t Be Available in U.S., Where Government Calls Online Gambling Illegal
By Mike Hughlett, Chicago Tribune Aug. 1–Chicago-based Playboy Enterprises Inc. said Monday that it will jump into the burgeoning online poker business–though not in the United States. That’s not surprising, given the U.S.
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Poker lexicon:
- 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.
- QUARTER - [1] Twenty-five dollars, often symbolized by a green casino chip. [2] To divide half a pot between two tying hands. In split pot games, a player who "ties" another player for their half of the pot is said to be "quartered". One might say "I didn't bet my A-2 because I figured I'd get quartered".
- SHARK - A good/crafty player often posing as a fish early in the game.
- OFFSUIT - Not of the same suit. "I held A-Q offsuit" or "The flop was 10-6-2 offsuit". When speaking of 5 or more cards, not all/ of the same suit, i.e., no flush, as in "button had A-K-10-8-7 offsuit."
- TAPPED [OUT] - Out of money. Can refer to a player running out of money in the course of a hand, thus still active for the main pot; or can refer to a player who has lost his bankroll and can no longer play.
- REPRESENT - Implying, by one's betting style, that one has a particular hand.
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