Poker & Pop Culture: Kenny Rogers’ ‘The Gambler’
‘On a warm summer’s evening, on a train bound for nowhere…’ — Thus begins what has to be the single most recognizable poker-themed song in American popular music. By 1978, country music star Kenny Rogers had already established…
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Poker talk:
- OPENERS - Cards in a hand that qualify a player to open the betting.
- HOLE CARDS - In Stud and Hold'em, the face-down cards dealt to each player.
- DRAWING DEAD - A draw in which it is impossible to obtain a winning hand for any of a variety of reasons: an opponent's hand is better than whatever you are drawing to, the card(s) that make your hand are out of play, or (in Hold'em) give an opponent a stronger hand even if it makes yours. Frequently used in the past tense, since one rarely knows it at the time.
- MANIAC - A player who bets, raises and reraises without regard to the quality of his hand. Most often found in flop games.
- MARKED CARDS - Cards that have been (illegally) altered so that their value can be read from the back.
- ON TILT - Playing worse (usually, more aggressively) than usual because a player has become emotionally upset.
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