Defense also wins poker championships
You’ve probably heard the expression that defense wins championships when referring to all types of sports, especially football. This is probably the first time, however, that you’ve ever heard it…
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Poker jargon:
- FAVORITE - Before all the cards are dealt, a hand that figures to be the winner. Ant: UNDERDOG.
- SCOOP - To take all of a pot that is normally split, either by winning both halves outright or winning one half when no players qualify for the other half.
- FULL OF - Describes a full house. "Fives full of queens" is 5-5-5-Q-Q.
- POSITION - One's location in the betting sequence, relative to the players still in the hand. First position is first to act.
- SHILL - A card room employee who plays with House money, and does not share in any of his (her) winnings or losses. Shills are used to facilitate starting games, and keeping them going. Compare: PROP.
- 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.)
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