Poker business still gets a full house
Since opening the doors of the River Poker House in September, Linda Ort has seen a steady increase in the number of card players visiting her Fort Gratiot business.
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Poker argot:
- LEAK - To show one's hole cards (often unknowingly).
- THIRD STREET - In Stud, the third card dealt to each player.
- LIVE [CARD] - In Stud, a card probably not held by other players.
- PAT HAND - In draw poker, a hand that does not need any more cards. Specifically, a straight, flush, full house or straight flush. One might bluff and represent a pat hand but actually hold something else.
- 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.
- QUALIFIER - A minimum standard that a hand must meet in order to win. Usually applied to the lowball side of a high-low split pot.
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