Refusing to Fold, Online Poker Players Bet on Prohibition Repeal
Trying to overturn restrictive U.S. law is a high-stakes game, but players have some pretty powerful allies.
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Poker dictionary:
- HOLE CARDS - In Stud and Hold'em, the face-down cards dealt to each player.
- PAT - Holding or being dealt a pat hand. "I'm pat" would mean "I don't want to draw any cards.
- READ - To determine whether an opponent has a good, medium or bad hand by observing his personal behavior. An inexact science.
- INSIDE STRAIGHT - Four cards to a straight, where only one rank will complete the hand. E.g., 4-5-6-8 is an inside straight since only a 7 will fill (i.e., complete) the hand. Often called a GUT-SHOT. Compare: BOBTAIL STRAIGHT, OPEN-ENDED STRAIGHT.
- BET FOR VALUE - Betting a hand that, in the long run, is expected to win more than it loses. Antonym: BLUFF.
- CASE - The fourth card of a particular rank, as in "he folded the case 9" when describing where all the 9s were in a hand. Comes from the game of Faro where an employee of the house, called the "case keeper". kept track of the number of each rank of card remaining.
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