College Poker Life: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Students attending the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have an abundance of poker options at hand. Because of the many choices available to UNC students, it’s been a great year for the game — even though the school…
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Poker slang:
- SPLIT [THE POT] - To split the pot between two or more players. Related term: QUARTER.
- BICYCLE - The best possible low hand: A-2-3-4-5. More common term: WHEEL.
- AMERICAN AIRLINES - In Hold'em, a pair of Aces in the hole. Better known (at least in rec.gambling) as POCKET ROCKETS.
- RUNNER-RUNNER - A hand made using both of the last two cards dealt.
- NUT / NUTS - The best possible hand of a given class. Not a LOCK unless all cards have been dealt. The "nut flush" is the highest possible flush, but might still lose to, e.g., a full house. Usually used in Hold'em games.
- BRODERICK CRAWFORD - In Hold'em, hole cards of 10-4. From the 1950s TV series "Highway Patrol", starring Broderick Crawford.
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