Rural Idaho county assessor retiring after 31 years
GRANGEVILLE, Idaho (AP) — Jim Beckman compares good county government to a friendly poker game. “Everyone wins a little,” he says, sitting cross-legged at the break room table positioned in the middle of the dark backroom storage area of the Idaho County Courthouse.Save
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Poker jargon:
- TOP TWO PAIR - In flop games, having hole cards that make the highest possible two pair hand.
- TO GO - The current betting level, as in "$20 to go" meaning every player must contribute $20 (total) or drop. A $10 raise would then make the pot "$30 to go".
- HOOK - A Jack. So named because the "J" resembles a hook.
- FOURTH STREET - In stud poker, the fourth card dealt to each player. Sometimes used to refer to the fourth community card dealt in Hold'em, although the more common term for this is TURN (q.v.).
- 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."
- BOAT - A FULL HOUSE, three of a kind and a pair.
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