Poker’s popularity is in the cards, and in the eyes
At 7:15 on an early-March evening, the lobby outside the ballroom at Greenvilles Marriott at the Parkway is electric. Women in cocktail dresses and men in sports jackets float in and out of the connecting room and the lobby, their chatter mingling with the clinking of ice in their glasses.
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Poker glossary:
- FREEROLL - [1] A poker tournament that does not charge a buy-in fee; players must earn buy-in credits through previous play at the same establishment. [2] Having a lock on part of a pot (sure to win a greater fraction of the pot than one is betting) and playing to win more or all of it.
- ALL-IN - To have all of one's chips in the pot. A player who is all-in cannot be forced out of the pot by more betting, but is only eligible to win that portion of the pot he has contributed to. Generally, a SIDE POT is created each time a player is all-in.
- FISH - A player who loses money. An old saying is "If you can't spot the fish at the table, *you* are the fish.".
- WHITE BLACKBIRD - A hand so astonishingly rare as to be unworthy of the opponents' consideration, e.g., being dealt a pat royal flush in 5-card draw.
- ASSAULT RIFLE - In Omaha, hole cards that are A-K-4-7 of any suit(s).
- S&M - Sklansky & Malmuth. Generally refers to the ideas and algorithms published by these two authors. When used in a 7-card stud context, often refers to "7 Card Stud For Advanced Players", and when used in a Hold'em context, often refers to "Texas Hold'em For Advanced Players".
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