Poker players work the night shift
SALISBURY — Thirty-two hours earlier, when the Eastern Shore Regional Poker Classic began, the Midway Room at the Wicomico Youth and Civic Center was buzzing.
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Poker glossary:
- STUD - Any of several poker games in which some of each players' cards are exposed.
- POT - The total amount of money bet so far in a hand.
- LOCK - A hand that cannot be beat under any circumstances. Also: NUTS.
- OFFSUIT - Not of the same suit. "I held A-Q offsuit" or "The flop was 10-6-2 offsuit". When speaking of 5 or more cards, not all/ of the same suit, i.e., no flush, as in "button had A-K-10-8-7 offsuit."
- DRAWING DEAD - A draw in which it is impossible to obtain a winning hand for any of a variety of reasons: an opponent's hand is better than whatever you are drawing to, the card(s) that make your hand are out of play, or (in Hold'em) give an opponent a stronger hand even if it makes yours. Frequently used in the past tense, since one rarely knows it at the time.
- SUITED - Two or more cards all the same suit. Ant: OFF-SUIT.
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