Bluff Magazine’s ‘Poker Power 20′: Bluff Names 20 Most Powerful People and Organizations in Poker
ATLANTA—-With a following of hundreds of millions of players and enthusiasts world-wide, poker is a powerful force in the world of entertainment. Presidents, Kings, billionaires and leaders of industry play the game, yet within the poker fraternity, there are organizations and individuals whose influence overshadows them all.
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Poker terminology:
- STUD - Any of several poker games in which some of each players' cards are exposed.
- RIDER BACK (TM) - A brand of playing cards that feature a bicycle rider on the back of the cards. Often used in home games. Compare: BEE No. 92.
- 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.).
- ON TILT - Playing worse (usually, more aggressively) than usual because a player has become emotionally upset.
- BARN - A FULL HOUSE, three of a kind and a pair.
- CHASE - To continue in a hand, often at poor odds, in the hopes of catching a much better hand. "He called, chasing the flush.".
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