Large crowd enjoys benefit island Poker Run
CHINCOTEAGUE — Folks on Main Street must have had to cover their ears for the thunderous roar of motorcycle engines Sept. 8, as 172 riders crowded onto the downtown park as part of the Chincoteague Police Department’s 3rd Annual Poker Run.
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Poker glossary:
- WORLD SERIES OF POKER - A series of several different poker games with relatively large buy-ins, culminating in a $10,000 buy-in no-limit Hold'em tournament, the winner of which is crowned the World Poker Champion. Sponsored by Binion's Horseshoe Club in Las Vegas.
- LAY ODDS - To give favorable odds to an opponent.
- FOURTH STREET - In stud poker, the fourth card dealt to each player. Sometimes used to refer to the fourth community card dealt in Hold'em, although the more common term for this is TURN (q.v.).
- DRAW OUT - To catch a card that improves your situation from a losing hand to a winning hand, especially when you beat someone holding a hand that usually figures to win.
- FISH - A player who loses money. An old saying is "If you can't spot the fish at the table, *you* are the fish.".
- 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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