Poker Shootings a Troubling Trend
Playing poker, unfortunately, has players not only watching their cards and their opponents’ faces, but also their backs. Another shooting occurred this week, this time at a poker game in a private home in San Antonio, Texas.
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Poker jargon:
- QUALIFIER - A minimum standard that a hand must meet in order to win. Usually applied to the lowball side of a high-low split pot.
- BIG SLICK - In Texas Hold'em, hole cards of A-K, suited or not.
- ROLLED UP - In seven-card stud, being dealt three of a kind in the first three cards.
- MAIN POT - The main pot, as related to one or more side pots, when there are one or more all-in player(s). The main pot is the one in which all active players participate.
- 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.
- REPRESENT - Implying, by one's betting style, that one has a particular hand.
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