Illinois hosts deaf poker tournament
RIVER GROVE, Illinois (PRESS RELEASE) — Deaf people from Illinois and surrounding states are expected to compete in the area’s first Deaf Texas Hold’em poker tournament Sunday, February 25 at Hanging Gardens Banquets, 8301 W. Belmont Ave., River Grove.
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Poker terminology:
- ROLLED UP - In seven-card stud, being dealt three of a kind in the first three cards.
- FLOP GAME - Any of a number of poker games where a flop is dealt.
- PAT - Holding or being dealt a pat hand. "I'm pat" would mean "I don't want to draw any cards.
- 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".
- ASSAULT RIFLE - In Omaha, hole cards that are A-K-4-7 of any suit(s).
- 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.).
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