Where cards, chips and hands collide
While most of the 120 participants played alone at the poker table, UC Davis sophomore Chris Tran brought his girlfriend Sangeetha Ramalingan as a good-luck charm. Trying to help Tran survive the isolation at the table, Ramalingan cheered along to raise his spirit throughout the 10-and-a-half-hour tournament.”She definitely helped me,” Tran said, who won this year’s third annual Poker Palooza held at the ARC Ballroom last Friday. “She gave me support. She kept me going.”At a little after 6 p.m.,
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Poker lingo:
- PASSED OUT. - A hand in which nobody opens. What happens next is a function of the game being played.
- 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.).
- DECLARE - In high/low games, declaring one's hand as high or low or both ways (usually done with chips in hand). Usually played in home games; casinos tend to play CARDS SPEAK.
- CHASE - To continue in a hand, often at poor odds, in the hopes of catching a much better hand. "He called, chasing the flush.".
- LOOSE - Playing more hands than the norm. Antonym: TIGHT.
- HOUSE RULE - Rules and interpretations (e.g., use of wild cards, or rules on having to show beaten hands) that are specific to an establishment or even tables within the establishment.
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