Cards Fly at the World Series of Poker
It’s time to shuffle up and deal. The 39th annual World Series of Poker started Friday at the Rio. Until July 15, 2008, thousands will compete for millions in cash and the coveted World Series of Poker bracelet.
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Poker slang:
- CASE - The fourth card of a particular rank, as in "he folded the case 9" when describing where all the 9s were in a hand. Comes from the game of Faro where an employee of the house, called the "case keeper". kept track of the number of each rank of card remaining.
- SPLIT [OPENERS] - In draw poker, to discard one or more openers, usually to draw to a straight or flush. Normally requires the opener to declare the act and retain the discards so that the act of opening can later be validated.
- TAPPED [OUT] - Out of money. Can refer to a player running out of money in the course of a hand, thus still active for the main pot; or can refer to a player who has lost his bankroll and can no longer play.
- FILL - To draw a card that makes a five-card hand (straight, flush, full house, straight flush).
- EXPECTATION - The long-run [dis-]advantage of a given situation, specifically without reference to any particular outcome. I.e., what you figure to win [lose] on average after a large number of repetitions of the same situation.
- TRIPS - Three of a kind. In Hold'em the term SET is used when two of the three cards are hole cards.
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