One Step Closer to Legalizing Poker in Texas
State Rep. Jose Menendez has introduced the ‘Poker Gaming Act of 2009,’ which would allow all types of poker to be played in the state.
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Poker jargon:
- STEAM - Playing wildly, calling and raising a lot, because one is upset. Compare: ON TILT.
- SCOOP - To take all of a pot that is normally split, either by winning both halves outright or winning one half when no players qualify for the other half.
- 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.)
- JOKER - A 53rd card in the deck, distinct from the others, used as a wild card or as a BUG.
- THIRD STREET - In Stud, the third card dealt to each player.
- DEAD MAN'S HAND - Generically: two pair, aces and eights. Specifically: the black aces, black eights and nine of diamonds. The hand Wild Bill Hickok was holding when he was shot to death.
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