Poker on the Boards
Poker is a game and a lifestyle that has permeated nearly every aspect of life, and the stage has joined those areas infected. Vices (An Ugly Comedy) is a stage play about four men and their nightly card games. This is a one act play by playwright Scott Tobin, from New York, and mull over the big questions in life, such as women, sex, work, middle age and poker…
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Casino poker language:
- SPREAD LIMIT - A variation on fixed limit wherein the minimum and maximum bets are different. A 1-4-8 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds and 1-8 in the last round. A 1-4-8-16 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds, 1 to 8 in the next-to-last round, and 1 to 16 in the last round.
- MITES AND LICE - A hand consisting of two pair, threes over twos.
- FULL OF - Describes a full house. "Fives full of queens" is 5-5-5-Q-Q.
- STACKED [DECK] - A deck that has been arranged to give one player a huge advantage. Also: RIGGED.
- LITTLE SLICK - In Hold'em, hole cards of A-2, suited or not.
- COMMUNITY CARDS - Cards that are available for every player to use in making a hand. Usually dealt face up somewhere in the middle of the table.
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