Politician Fights For, Benefits From Poker
While he had never once played a game of poker online, and in fact doesn’t even like playing the game, Democratic congressman Barney Frank has become the most popular politician among poker players in the United States. That’s because he is solidly behind their right to play the game online, and they have responded with campaign contributions of nearly $50k. Contributors to his campaign fund include Chris Moneymaker, Howard Lederer, Annie Duke, and Andy Bloch.
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Poker talk:
- MILES OF BAD ROAD - Three of a kind. Prefixed with a number, 3*<N>, to indicate 3 <N>s. Thus "24 miles of bad road" is 3 eights, etc. (This obviously doesn't work for face cards.)
- BICYCLE - The best possible low hand: A-2-3-4-5. More common term: WHEEL.
- SIDE POT - When an active player runs out of money during the course of a hand, the remaining players participate in a second or SIDE POT for the rest of the hand. Additional side pots are possible if several players run out of money at different points in a hand.
- 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.
- PAY STATION - A player who rarely folds, thus who frequently calls better hands and loses. Almost as much fun as a LIVE ONE.
- OFFSUIT - Not of the same suit. "I held A-Q offsuit" or "The flop was 10-6-2 offsuit". When speaking of 5 or more cards, not all/ of the same suit, i.e., no flush, as in "button had A-K-10-8-7 offsuit."
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