Ocala’s poker room deals a good opening
Ocala Poker & Jai Alai is a conspicuous large box of a building amid horse farms on County Road 318 in northern Marion County, between Ocala and Gainesville. It opened in 1973 as a jai alai fronton.
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Poker lexicon:
- DECLARE - In high/low games, declaring one's hand as high or low or both ways (usually done with chips in hand). Usually played in home games; casinos tend to play CARDS SPEAK.
- HOOK - A Jack. So named because the "J" resembles a hook.
- BIG BOBTAIL - An open-ended 4-card straight flush.
- FREE CARD - A card dealt after all players checked in a betting round.
- INSIDE STRAIGHT - Four cards to a straight, where only one rank will complete the hand. E.g., 4-5-6-8 is an inside straight since only a 7 will fill (i.e., complete) the hand. Often called a GUT-SHOT. Compare: BOBTAIL STRAIGHT, OPEN-ENDED STRAIGHT.
- 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.
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