Recent raid ups ante for Valley’s poker players
WASILLA - When Tennessee accountant Chris Moneymaker won the World Series of Poker’s Main Event in 2003, he set off a tidal wave of poker popularity in the United States that has yet to crest.
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Poker slang:
- STRAIGHT - A hand consisting of 5 cards in sequence but not in suit.
- FLOP - [1] In Hold'em, the first three community cards, dealt simultaneously. [2] To deal a flop, or to make a hand on a flop. "I flopped trips".
- SEMI-BLUFF - To bluff with a come hand that figures to win if it hits.
- READ - To determine whether an opponent has a good, medium or bad hand by observing his personal behavior. An inexact science.
- POCKET ROCKETS - In Hold'em, a pair of aces for hole cards.
- OMAHA - A variant of Hold'em where each player receives 4 hole cards and must use exactly two of them (together with 3 of 5 board cards) to make a hand. Often played high-low split with an 8 qualifier for low.
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