Pakistan Peoples Party: the Bhutto family heirloom
Now that the exultant and gushing tributes on Benazir Bhutto’s martyrdom for the cause of democracy are subsiding, let’s subject the world to some reality check. As we do so, let’s be as poker faced as possible. For, democracy is but a great idea in Pakistan’s feudal politics. There is no real danger of it becoming a reality there just yet. After all, it has only been 60 years since Mohammad …
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Poker slang:
- REPRESENT - Implying, by one's betting style, that one has a particular hand.
- DEALER'S CHOICE - In home games, a rule that permits the dealer to name which poker game to be played that hand. Often limited to selecting from a list provided.
- WHITE BLACKBIRD - A hand so astonishingly rare as to be unworthy of the opponents' consideration, e.g., being dealt a pat royal flush in 5-card draw.
- DRAWING DEAD - A draw in which it is impossible to obtain a winning hand for any of a variety of reasons: an opponent's hand is better than whatever you are drawing to, the card(s) that make your hand are out of play, or (in Hold'em) give an opponent a stronger hand even if it makes yours. Frequently used in the past tense, since one rarely knows it at the time.
- NO-LIMIT POKER - A game where there is no maximum bet; a player can wager any amount (perhaps above some minimum) up to whatever money is on the table in front of him.
- FLOP - [1] In Hold'em, the first three community cards, dealt simultaneously. [2] To deal a flop, or to make a hand on a flop. "I flopped trips".
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