S.C. proposal would legalize poker in homes
Seventy-nine-year-old Amelia Midge Cheseborough thought it was a joke when police raided a home poker game, seized her $20 in chips and handcuffed her.
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Poker dictionary:
- SPREAD LIMIT - A variation on fixed limit wherein the minimum and maximum bets are different. A 1-4-8 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds and 1-8 in the last round. A 1-4-8-16 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds, 1 to 8 in the next-to-last round, and 1 to 16 in the last round.
- DEAD MAN'S HAND - Generically: two pair, aces and eights. Specifically: the black aces, black eights and nine of diamonds. The hand Wild Bill Hickok was holding when he was shot to death.
- ON TILT - Playing worse (usually, more aggressively) than usual because a player has become emotionally upset.
- KICKER - In hands containing pairs and trips, the highest card not matched. In draw games, sometimes a card kept for deception purposes.
- POSITION - One's location in the betting sequence, relative to the players still in the hand. First position is first to act.
- IN - Still eligible to win the pot. "I'm in" is often spoken as one adds chips to the pot, calling.
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