Women’s Poker Spotlight: California Nixes ‘Ladies Only’ Events
On January 18th, 2008 a press release was sent out to gaming establishments in California from the Bureau of Gaming Control. The release read as follows: ‘It has come to the attention of the Bureau of Gambling Control that some…
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Poker lingo:
- HOYLE - Edmund Hoyle (1769-?) was the authoritative source for rules of card games. Hoyle is to card rules as Webster is to word definitions.
- STUCK - Down a nontrivial amount of money, as in "he's stuck $800".
- OMAHA - A variant of Hold'em where each player receives 4 hole cards and must use exactly two of them (together with 3 of 5 board cards) to make a hand. Often played high-low split with an 8 qualifier for low.
- SPLIT [THE POT] - To split the pot between two or more players. Related term: QUARTER.
- 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.
- BICYCLE - The best possible low hand: A-2-3-4-5. More common term: WHEEL.
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