College Poker Life: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Another school year nears its close at Iowa State University and student poker players there have seen quite an incredible year of poker. As summer break nears, campus poker action for students at ISU might end, but other poker…
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Poker lingo:
- MANIAC - A player who bets, raises and reraises without regard to the quality of his hand. Most often found in flop games.
- 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.
- FREE CARD - A card dealt after all players checked in a betting round.
- TOKE - Gambling term for "tip", as in "Toke the cocktail waitress". Comes from the term "Token of appreciation".
- PAT - Holding or being dealt a pat hand. "I'm pat" would mean "I don't want to draw any cards.
- FISH - A player who loses money. An old saying is "If you can't spot the fish at the table, *you* are the fish.".
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