Poker Room Review: Lakeside Inn and Casino, Stateline, NV
I sometimes fantasize about redoing my house and building an elegant club room in which to play poker with my friends. I’d put in a beautiful high-end table and nice chairs for a cash game, and then add a couple more for good…
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Useful poker terms:
- DRAW - [1] A class of poker games characterized by players being dealt 5 cards face-down and later having the opportunity to replace some of the original 5. "Draw poker" and "Five-card draw" are examples of usage. [2] In stud and Hold'em games, the set of cards that will be dealt later can be collectively called "the draw". [3] To discard some number of cards and have dealt an equal number of replacements.
- STAND OFF - To call a raise. "Opener raises, I stand off".
- 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.
- RAIL - A barrier dividing the card playing area from a public area.
- WALK - A pot won by the last blind when no one opens.
- OMAHA - A variant of Hold'em where each player receives 4 hole cards and must use exactly two of them (together with 3 of 5 board cards) to make a hand. Often played high-low split with an 8 qualifier for low.

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