As casinos open in S. Florida, many look to poker tables for income, new start
Barbara Hausman knows how to turn the odds in her favor. The 48-year-old real estate agent played in the Ladies’ World Series of Poker last year, her first major tournament, and placed in the top 9 percent.Now, she’s raising the stakes, hoping to try her hand as a professional poker dealer.
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Poker slang:
- TRIPS - Three of a kind. In Hold'em the term SET is used when two of the three cards are hole cards.
- LIVE ONE - The best kind of opponent, a poor player with a lot of money to lose and in a hurry to lose it.
- BLACK - When referring to chips, black usually stands for $100 casino chips. "This guy sits down with a stack of blacks and raises the first bet." Not ALL casinos use black for $100 but that is the common usage.
- LEAK - To show one's hole cards (often unknowingly).
- TIGHT - [1] A style of play that entails playing fewer hands than average. Antonym: LOOSE. [2] A FULL HOUSE.
- IMPLIED ODDS - A refinement to POT ODDS which includes money not yet in the pot. Considers the potential extra bets and winnings made when a player forms a very good hand.
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