Choosing an Online Poker Room
Going into the Poker business may be at times difficult for beginners. Here are a few tips that will help you choose.
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Poker argot:
- STUCK - Down a nontrivial amount of money, as in "he's stuck $800".
- SHORT-STACKED - Playing with a only a small amount of money, thus limiting one's risk and reward.
- JOKER - A 53rd card in the deck, distinct from the others, used as a wild card or as a BUG.
- FOUR OF A KIND - A hand containing all four cards of the same rank.
- OVER - A term used in describing two pair or a full house. "Kings over tens" means two pair, kings and tens. "Jacks over", also "Jacks up" describes a hand that is two pair: Jacks with an unspecified lower pair. Also used to describe a full house, distinguishing the three of a kind from the pair. The hand J-J-J-A-A could be described as "Full house, Jacks over Aces".
- DEAD MAN'S HAND - Generically: two pair, aces and eights. Specifically: the black aces, black eights and nine of diamonds. The hand Wild Bill Hickok was holding when he was shot to death.
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