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 glossary:
- PAT - Holding or being dealt a pat hand. "I'm pat" would mean "I don't want to draw any cards.
- GUT SHOT - A draw to an inside straight, as in 2-3-4-6.
- BLACK - When referring to chips, black usually stands for $100 casino chips. "This guy sits down with a stack of blacks and raises the first bet." Not ALL casinos use black for $100 but that is the common usage.
- LIVE [CARD] - In Stud, a card probably not held by other players.
- SPLIT [THE POT] - To split the pot between two or more players. Related term: QUARTER.
- INSIDE STRAIGHT - Four cards to a straight, where only one rank will complete the hand. E.g., 4-5-6-8 is an inside straight since only a 7 will fill (i.e., complete) the hand. Often called a GUT-SHOT. Compare: BOBTAIL STRAIGHT, OPEN-ENDED STRAIGHT.
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