Holiday Guide: How to pick the right poker chips
An essential gift for your home-game honey or an aspiring poker professional is a nice casino-style chip set for his or her weekly game. There are literally hundreds of options, ranging from custom clay composite chips to the cheap plastic variety.Save
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Poker lingo:
- LATE POSITION - For a particular betting round, a player who does not have to act until most of the other players have acted.
- UNDERDOG - Before all the cards are dealt, a hand that does not figure to be the winner. Ant: FAVORITE.
- BEE No. 92 (TM) - Trade name for the "diamond back" cards frequently used in casino games. Compare: RIDER BACK.
- FREEZE-OUT - A table-stakes game that continues until a small number of players (possibly only one) has all the money. The major event in The World Series of Poker is a freeze-out game.
- KICKER TROUBLE - Not having as high a kicker as an opponent.
- OVER - A term used in describing two pair or a full house. "Kings over tens" means two pair, kings and tens. "Jacks over", also "Jacks up" describes a hand that is two pair: Jacks with an unspecified lower pair. Also used to describe a full house, distinguishing the three of a kind from the pair. The hand J-J-J-A-A could be described as "Full house, Jacks over Aces".
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