Utah Poker Game Robbed by Skeleton Bandits
It was around five in the morning and in one house in Utah a group of eight friends were warming up for a trip to Las Vegas. Getting ready to play poker in Sin City, this group was engaged in a poker game in a house in the 500 North Block of J Street when a band of skeleton suited robbers burst into the game. Three men wearing skeleton suits entered through a back door wielding two knives and a gun…
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Poker argot:
- 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.
- STUCK - Down a nontrivial amount of money, as in "he's stuck $800".
- 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.
- KICKER - In hands containing pairs and trips, the highest card not matched. In draw games, sometimes a card kept for deception purposes.
- NICKEL - Five dollars, usually represented by a red casino check.
- FOUR OF A KIND - A hand containing all four cards of the same rank.
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