Poker tournament to help fight Alzheimers
Texas Holdem poker players are invited to a benefit tournament tonight to raise funds to fight Alzheimers disease.
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Poker jargon:
- ACTION - Money that is being bet. "NO ACTION" means a hand or game has few bettors and fewer raisers. "Gimme some action" is ostensibly a plea for calls and raises.
- LEAK - To show one's hole cards (often unknowingly).
- COLD CALL - Calling both a bet and raise at the same time, as opposed to calling a bet then later calling a raise made after the call.
- SHILL - A card room employee who plays with House money, and does not share in any of his (her) winnings or losses. Shills are used to facilitate starting games, and keeping them going. Compare: PROP.
- LOWBALL - Generic term for poker where the lowest hand wins.
- STACKED [DECK] - A deck that has been arranged to give one player a huge advantage. Also: RIGGED.

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