Poker Aid Helps with Cardplay
If you are someone who does not have the use of your hands - or you know someone who does not - then you may know how frustrating it is to attempt to play poker while relying on other players to pick up your cards to let you see. If your game is Holdem poker, then your frustration is magnified because of how often you need to peek at your cards. Two inventors in Nebraska may have just solved that problem with MattVision, a device that uses two mirrors in a box that reflects the cards in such a way that only the player can see them…
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Poker terminology:
- FIRE - To make the first bet in a betting round. Used to emphasize that the player bet when a check was possible, showing strength.
- RERAISE - To raise after an opponent has raised.
- AMERICAN AIRLINES - In Hold'em, a pair of Aces in the hole. Better known (at least in rec.gambling) as POCKET ROCKETS.
- PROP - Also PROPOSITION PLAYER. An employee of the gaming establishment whose primary purpose is to keep enough players at a table to prevent breaking up the game for lack of players. Unlike SHILLs "props" make a small hourly wage but play with their own money, winning or losing based on their skill.
- 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.
- CALLER - One who calls. Sometimes used collectively, as in "3 callers".
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