Poker stars push Congress to ease Internet gambling strictures
WASHINGTON (Medill News Service) — Poker players across the country have decided that when it comes to lobbying Washington, a combined effort is their best wager.
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Poker talk:
- TAP - In no-limit games, to wager all of one's money in one bet.
- ASSAULT RIFLE - In Omaha, hole cards that are A-K-4-7 of any suit(s).
- 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.
- DECLARE - In high/low games, declaring one's hand as high or low or both ways (usually done with chips in hand). Usually played in home games; casinos tend to play CARDS SPEAK.
- TRIPS - Three of a kind. In Hold'em the term SET is used when two of the three cards are hole cards.
- ROYAL FLUSH - An ace-high straight flush, the best possible hand in regular poker.
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