Poker: Take a good look at your cards
Good advice from accomplished pro Eli Elezra: “Look at both of your cards.” Elezra, who owns a World Series of Poker bracelet and has won a World Poker Tour main event, was laughing when he said it, but for several betting rounds in this hand he didn’t know what he was holding and it almost cost him.
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Poker jargon:
- OPEN-ENDED STRAIGHT - Four cards to a straight which can be completed by drawing a card at either end. E.g., 6-7-8-9 is an open-ended straight. Also: BOBTAIL STRAIGHT. Compare: INSIDE STRAIGHT.
- FIFTH STREET - In stud poker, the fifth card to be dealt to each player. Sometimes used to refer to the last card dealt in Hold'em, although the more common term for this is RIVER (q.v.).
- BUTTON CHARGE - A periodic fee paid by whoever is the button, perhaps every 20 minutes or 30 minutes. Constitutes part or all of the HOUSE CUT.
- LITTLE SLICK - In Hold'em, hole cards of A-2, suited or not.
- BARN - A FULL HOUSE, three of a kind and a pair.
- SIXTH STREET - The sixth card dealt in 7-card stud.
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