Former colleagues say Obama is a careful poker player
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - When Barack Obama (ber-AHK’ oh-BAH’-muh) won the 2004 U.S. Senate race, his friends in the Illinois legislature emptied his wallet in a take-no-prisoners night of poker.
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Useful poker terms:
- RUSH - A winning streak. Also "ON A RUSH".
- TOP PAIR - In flop games, having a hole card that matches the highest card on the board.
- KICKER - In hands containing pairs and trips, the highest card not matched. In draw games, sometimes a card kept for deception purposes.
- TRIPS - Three of a kind. In Hold'em the term SET is used when two of the three cards are hole cards.
- SEAT POSITION - The actual seat a player has, normally numbered sequentially starting with 1 as the first seat to dealer's left. Not to be confused with POSITION in a particular pot. Typically unrelated to play of a hand but often important in peripheral aspects, e.g.: "Seats 1 and 10 are nonsmoking here", "Seat 5 has a good view of the table", "Seat 3 is in a high-traffic area".
- TOKE - Gambling term for "tip", as in "Toke the cocktail waitress". Comes from the term "Token of appreciation".
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