Illinois may legalize video poker
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Three video poker terminals sit in a dark, wood-paneled corner at the back of the Brass Rail bar, just behind the Indiana Jones pinball machine. Printed on each are the words “For amusement only.Owner Fote Backy says the machines cha…
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Poker lingo:
- SPREAD LIMIT - A variation on fixed limit wherein the minimum and maximum bets are different. A 1-4-8 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds and 1-8 in the last round. A 1-4-8-16 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds, 1 to 8 in the next-to-last round, and 1 to 16 in the last round.
- TRIPS - Three of a kind. In Hold'em the term SET is used when two of the three cards are hole cards.
- WIRED [PAIR] - A pair in the hole. In 5-card stud, a door card that pairs the hole card.
- EDGE - An advantage over an opponent, either specific or subjective.
- 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.
- 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.
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