Reporter takes on the pros in World Series of Poker
During a marathon session of Texas Hold ‘Em in Las Vegas, a writer gets a taste of what it’s like to be a big-time gambler. I’m driving down Flamingo Road with $1,500 in my pocket, money that could be spent on something useful.
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Poker argot:
- SUITED - Two or more cards all the same suit. Ant: OFF-SUIT.
- LIMIT POKER - A poker game wherein the amount to be bet is fixed, or at most variable within a prescribed minimum and maximum. Ant.: NO-LIMIT POKER.
- SET - In Hold'em, three of a kind where two of the cards are hole cards.
- UNDERDOG - Before all the cards are dealt, a hand that does not figure to be the winner. Ant: FAVORITE.
- TABLE STAKES - A standard rule whereby during a hand players can only bet the money they have on the table. If the bet to a player is more than the player's stack, that player may call with all his chips and be eligible to win only that portion of the pot he contributed to equally. A side pot is created, for which only the remaining players may compete.
- CUT - To break the deck into 2 stacks of at least 5 cards each. Usually performed by the player to the dealer's right to insure that the the deck is not stacked.
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