STRANGE BUT TRUE- Eyes heavy? Can’t tell a poker from a pencil?
Q. When might touching your forearm with a harmless pencil cause blistering like a red-hot poker? –F. Mesmer A. When you’ve been hypnotized and told the pencil is a poker.
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Poker argot:
- RIDER BACK (TM) - A brand of playing cards that feature a bicycle rider on the back of the cards. Often used in home games. Compare: BEE No. 92.
- SHORT-STACKED - Playing with a only a small amount of money, thus limiting one's risk and reward.
- FORCED BET - In some stud games a player may be required to make a bet to start the action on the first card. This is similar conceptually to blinds and antes, but in this case is dependent on the cards shown rather than player position. Usually the weakest hand is forced to bet.
- RAGS - Board cards that are small, not suited and not in sequence, e.g., 9-5-2. When "rags flop", it is unlikely that anyone has a good hand, except possibly the big blind in an unraised pot.
- FLUSH - A poker hand consisting of five cards all one suit.
- ANTE - A small bet all players are required to make before a hand is dealt. Not all games have an ante. Related terms: BLIND, FORCED BET.
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