Enjoyment in the cards for senior poker players
VIEJAS INDIAN RESERVATION, Sep. 30 (UNION-TRIBUNE): Tethered by a breathing tube to her mobile oxygen tank, Katie Dynamite Rahder never took her eyes off the cards as she cocked an ear. Nearby, Bill Bruner was waxing philosophic amid fellow coffee sippers waiting for the morning Omaha high/low tournament to begin: Confucius say, Bruner intoned, men learn nothing while talking.
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Poker lexicon:
- EDGE - An advantage over an opponent, either specific or subjective.
- AMERICAN AIRLINES - In Hold'em, a pair of Aces in the hole. Better known (at least in rec.gambling) as POCKET ROCKETS.
- FOLD - To decline to call a bet, thus dropping out of a hand.
- COMPUTER HAND - Texas Hold'em hole cards of Q-7 offsuit. More generically, any hand that computer analysis/simulation determines is positive but turns out to be difficult to play in practice.
- BAD-BEAT JACKPOT - In some cardrooms, a prize that is shared by the players in a game, when a very good hand (usually Aces full, or better) is beaten by a higher hand. Jackpots are usually financed by taking a drop ($1 is a common amount) from every pot. A typical division of the jackpot will give the losing hand 50 %, the winning hand 25 %, and the other players at the table share the remaining 25 % of the Jackpot.
- FREE CARD - A card dealt after all players checked in a betting round.
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