Poker dealing now a college course
Forget gambling, start dealing poker. Edison Colleges Collier County campus will start offering a new continuing education six-week course titled, Learn How to Deal Poker. Warren Heltsley, continuing education coordinator, said there has been an interest generated locally because of all the television programs and local casino nights at various locations.
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Poker terminology:
- LIVE [CARD] - In Stud, a card probably not held by other players.
- RAINBOW - In flop games, a flop in which no two cards are of the same suit. "The flop was A 9 7 rainbow."
- BIG BLIND - A blind bet, usually a raise of an earlier blind which would be called the SMALL BLIND. In limit poker, the BIG BLIND is usually the size of the minimum bet on the first round of betting.
- MUCK - [1] A collection of face-down cards near the dealer composed of discards, i.e., folded hands, burns and discards for drawing purposes. [2] To throw one's cards into the muck, thus folding.
- TAP - In no-limit games, to wager all of one's money in one bet.
- CUT - To break the deck into 2 stacks of at least 5 cards each. Usually performed by the player to the dealer's right to insure that the the deck is not stacked.
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