PokerRoom Offers Monsters for Prizes
At online poker room PokerRoom players can “catch 8-bit monsters” and win prizes, such as $5 for the “Hey Presto” monster, which can be captured when a player is dealt pocket 5’s and makes a set twice in three days. This is one of eight similar monsters players can catch, earning up to a thousand dollars. The big monsters will be hard to catch, and involve earning quads (four of a kind) under special circumstances…
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Casino poker language:
- RAINBOW - In flop games, a flop in which no two cards are of the same suit. "The flop was A 9 7 rainbow."
- QUARTER - [1] Twenty-five dollars, often symbolized by a green casino chip. [2] To divide half a pot between two tying hands. In split pot games, a player who "ties" another player for their half of the pot is said to be "quartered". One might say "I didn't bet my A-2 because I figured I'd get quartered".
- BARN - A FULL HOUSE, three of a kind and a pair.
- OVER - A term used in describing two pair or a full house. "Kings over tens" means two pair, kings and tens. "Jacks over", also "Jacks up" describes a hand that is two pair: Jacks with an unspecified lower pair. Also used to describe a full house, distinguishing the three of a kind from the pair. The hand J-J-J-A-A could be described as "Full house, Jacks over Aces".
- DOUBLE BELLY BUSTER - A two-way inside straight. E.g., 3-5-6-7-9.
- STRAIGHT - A hand consisting of 5 cards in sequence but not in suit.
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