Online Poker Is Number One
When it comes to the most searched for terms in the online world, poker wins, hands down. Two years ago poker as a search term entered into the top ten list for the first time, according to the search engine Lycos. Last year poker had moved up in the ranks to as far as number four…
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Poker jargon:
- MILES OF BAD ROAD - Three of a kind. Prefixed with a number, 3*<N>, to indicate 3 <N>s. Thus "24 miles of bad road" is 3 eights, etc. (This obviously doesn't work for face cards.)
- DOOR [CARD] - A player's first upcard in stud games.
- BACK DOOR - Applies to a hand that was made in the last card or two, specifically not a hand the player was originally planning on having. Most often applied to straights and flushes.
- BUTTON CHARGE - A periodic fee paid by whoever is the button, perhaps every 20 minutes or 30 minutes. Constitutes part or all of the HOUSE CUT.
- RAISE - To wager more than the minimum required to call, forcing other players to put in more money as well.
- OUT - [1] A card that will improve your hand, often substantially. A hand with many OUTS is preferable to a hand with only 1 or 2. [2] Folded, ineligible to bet or win this hand. "I'm out" is often a synonym for "I fold".
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