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.
- LOOSE - Playing more hands than the norm. Antonym: TIGHT.
- MAIN POT - The main pot, as related to one or more side pots, when there are one or more all-in player(s). The main pot is the one in which all active players participate.
- ACTION - Money that is being bet. "NO ACTION" means a hand or game has few bettors and fewer raisers. "Gimme some action" is ostensibly a plea for calls and raises.
- HIGH-LOW SPLIT - Forms of poker in which the pot is split between the best hand and best lowball hand.
- FIFTH STREET - In stud poker, the fifth card to be dealt to each player. Sometimes used to refer to the last card dealt in Hold'em, although the more common term for this is RIVER (q.v.).
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