Brevard shows its poker face
Five years ago, Rockledge resident Earl Coggin became fascinated while watching poker on television. He decided to play. Coggin signed up at a poker Web site — and promptly blew $200 “within an hour,” he recalled.
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Poker talk:
- TOP TWO PAIR - In flop games, having hole cards that make the highest possible two pair hand.
- 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.
- SEMI-BLUFF - To bluff with a come hand that figures to win if it hits.
- OVER - A term used in describing two pair or a full house. "Kings over tens" means two pair, kings and tens. "Jacks over", also "Jacks up" describes a hand that is two pair: Jacks with an unspecified lower pair. Also used to describe a full house, distinguishing the three of a kind from the pair. The hand J-J-J-A-A could be described as "Full house, Jacks over Aces".
- LAY ODDS - To give favorable odds to an opponent.
- BUNNY - An eight. So named because one can easily draw "rabbit ears" above the numeral 8, "paws" in the middle and "feet" at the bottom. (Do this only at home, and not on cards that will be used for play.)
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