East Coast Poker Haven Changing
For most poker players Las Vegas is something like Mecca, where the poker faithful travel to in order to compete with the best. Vegas is not the only place, however, for world quality gambling and poker play, as the frequenters of the “Vegas of the East Coast,” Atlantic City, can tell you. The Atlantic City skyline is changing, however, as the famous landmark hotel, the Sands, has been closed forever…
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Poker slang:
- SUITED - Two or more cards all the same suit. Ant: OFF-SUIT.
- JOKER - A 53rd card in the deck, distinct from the others, used as a wild card or as a BUG.
- HIT - To make a hand or catch a card or cards that improves one's hand. "I hit a gut-shot draw on the river."
- NO-LIMIT POKER - A game where there is no maximum bet; a player can wager any amount (perhaps above some minimum) up to whatever money is on the table in front of him.
- PAT HAND - In draw poker, a hand that does not need any more cards. Specifically, a straight, flush, full house or straight flush. One might bluff and represent a pat hand but actually hold something else.
- DOYLE BRUNSON - In Hold'em, 10-2 in the hole. So named because Doyle Brunson won two straight WSOPs (q.v.) in 1975 and 1976 with 10-2 on the last hand. (Suited (spades) in 1975, unsuited in 1976).
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