Poker Room Review: Atlantic City Hilton Casino Resort, Atlantic City, NJ
I drove down to Atlantic City, New Jersey from my home in Boston, Massachusetts to see how the poker scene was playing out in this East Coast gambling mecca. I left at 3:00 AM on a Saturday morning, stopped only briefly for coffee…
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Poker argot:
- 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.
- STAND OFF - To call a raise. "Opener raises, I stand off".
- RAISE - To wager more than the minimum required to call, forcing other players to put in more money as well.
- 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.
- POT LIMIT - A game where the maximum bet is determined by the size of the pot at the time. Note that a player wanting to raise first calls the bet, then totals the pot to determine the maximum amount he can raise.
- FULL OF - Describes a full house. "Fives full of queens" is 5-5-5-Q-Q.

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