Hilo native competing for poker stardom
Eating a Spam musubi at a World Series of Poker table in Las Vegas? That’s the sign of a Hawai’i native.
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Casino poker language:
- MITES AND LICE - A hand consisting of two pair, threes over twos.
- LOCK - A hand that cannot be beat under any circumstances. Also: NUTS.
- SHILL - A card room employee who plays with House money, and does not share in any of his (her) winnings or losses. Shills are used to facilitate starting games, and keeping them going. Compare: PROP.
- STEAM - Playing wildly, calling and raising a lot, because one is upset. Compare: ON TILT.
- CASE - The fourth card of a particular rank, as in "he folded the case 9" when describing where all the 9s were in a hand. Comes from the game of Faro where an employee of the house, called the "case keeper". kept track of the number of each rank of card remaining.
- PAY OFF - Calling a bet with little expectation of winning, unless the opponent is bluffing.
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