Poker parlors increasing; so is gambling revenue
MILFORD, N.H. - In this the southern New Hampshire town, the former Violette’s IGA has sat empty for nearly two decades. Now, a company has won Planning Board approval to fill the space with what it calls an ideal match: a poker parlor.
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Casino poker language:
- 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.
- FIFTH STREET - In stud poker, the fifth card to be dealt to each player. Sometimes used to refer to the last card dealt in Hold'em, although the more common term for this is RIVER (q.v.).
- ON THE COME - A situation where the player does not have a complete hand but hopes to make one if the right cards come up.
- MILES OF BAD ROAD - Three of a kind. Prefixed with a number, 3*<N>, to indicate 3 <N>s. Thus "24 miles of bad road" is 3 eights, etc. (This obviously doesn't work for face cards.)
- BIG BOBTAIL - An open-ended 4-card straight flush.
- TAP - In no-limit games, to wager all of one's money in one bet.
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