UPDATE: Proposed state-run online poker game drawing interest
SACRAMENTO — The state could be in the Internet poker business next year, if a petition drive catches on.
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Poker terminology:
- RIVER - The last card dealt in a hand of stud or Hold'em.
- WHEEL - A-2-3-4-5. Usually discussed in the context of lowball where it is the best possible hand. Can also refer to a 5-high straight in high games. Also: BICYCLE.
- STAKE - The amount of a player's BUY-IN, or the amount of money they are willing to play with in a given session. Compare: BANKROLL.
- IN - Still eligible to win the pot. "I'm in" is often spoken as one adds chips to the pot, calling.
- MITES AND LICE - A hand consisting of two pair, threes over twos.
- TABLE STAKES - A standard rule whereby during a hand players can only bet the money they have on the table. If the bet to a player is more than the player's stack, that player may call with all his chips and be eligible to win only that portion of the pot he contributed to equally. A side pot is created, for which only the remaining players may compete.
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