This poker quarrel became oversized
QUESTION: Please settle an argument we had at our last poker outing. Player A bets $6 and then Player B tosses in a $25 chip without indicating that he is raising. The dealer proceeds to deal the flop, and Player B creates a stink, saying he was raising the pot and not calling, then tosses in his cards, calls a mis-deal, grabs his money and quits the hand. Do you mind refereeing this scenario …
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Poker argot:
- BIG SLICK - In Texas Hold'em, hole cards of A-K, suited or not.
- DRAW OUT - To catch a card that improves your situation from a losing hand to a winning hand, especially when you beat someone holding a hand that usually figures to win.
- HOOK - A Jack. So named because the "J" resembles a hook.
- BACK DOOR - Applies to a hand that was made in the last card or two, specifically not a hand the player was originally planning on having. Most often applied to straights and flushes.
- OVERPAIR - In Hold'em, a pair in the hole that is larger than any community card on the board.
- CASE - The fourth card of a particular rank, as in "he folded the case 9" when describing where all the 9s were in a hand. Comes from the game of Faro where an employee of the house, called the "case keeper". kept track of the number of each rank of card remaining.
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