A poker playing tradition
I have been playing Poker since I was kid. Back then, my uncle taught me how to play 5 Card Draw and we used Skittle candies for chips. I have since grown up and moved on from candies to real money.
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Poker lexicon:
- BAD GAME - Any game in which you figure to be the loser, because the other players are better than you.
- MARKED CARDS - Cards that have been (illegally) altered so that their value can be read from the back.
- 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.
- RAGS - Board cards that are small, not suited and not in sequence, e.g., 9-5-2. When "rags flop", it is unlikely that anyone has a good hand, except possibly the big blind in an unraised pot.
- DOOR [CARD] - A player's first upcard in stud games.
- POT LIMIT - A game where the maximum bet is determined by the size of the pot at the time. Note that a player wanting to raise first calls the bet, then totals the pot to determine the maximum amount he can raise.
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