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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Poker terminology:
- LEAK - To show one's hole cards (often unknowingly).
- OVER - A term used in describing two pair or a full house. "Kings over tens" means two pair, kings and tens. "Jacks over", also "Jacks up" describes a hand that is two pair: Jacks with an unspecified lower pair. Also used to describe a full house, distinguishing the three of a kind from the pair. The hand J-J-J-A-A could be described as "Full house, Jacks over Aces".
- OPENERS - Cards in a hand that qualify a player to open the betting.
- DOUBLE BELLY BUSTER - A two-way inside straight. E.g., 3-5-6-7-9.
- STUCK - Down a nontrivial amount of money, as in "he's stuck $800".
- EXPECTATION - The long-run [dis-]advantage of a given situation, specifically without reference to any particular outcome. I.e., what you figure to win [lose] on average after a large number of repetitions of the same situation.
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