A Bit of Bidding Subterfuge From the Inner Poker Player
When is bridge like poker? When bluffing is involved.
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Poker lexicon:
- CASE - The fourth card of a particular rank, as in "he folded the case 9" when describing where all the 9s were in a hand. Comes from the game of Faro where an employee of the house, called the "case keeper". kept track of the number of each rank of card remaining.
- LATE POSITION - For a particular betting round, a player who does not have to act until most of the other players have acted.
- STAND OFF - To call a raise. "Opener raises, I stand off".
- IN - Still eligible to win the pot. "I'm in" is often spoken as one adds chips to the pot, calling.
- FILL - To draw a card that makes a five-card hand (straight, flush, full house, straight flush).
- RING GAME - A standard game where players can come and go as they choose. The opposite of TOURNAMENT.
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