2009 WSOP: Foley Drives Home a Winner in NLHE #39
The conclusion of Event #39, $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em at the Rio in Las Vegas had the usual…
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Poker slang:
- LOCK - A hand that cannot be beat under any circumstances. Also: NUTS.
- BUTTON CHARGE - A periodic fee paid by whoever is the button, perhaps every 20 minutes or 30 minutes. Constitutes part or all of the HOUSE CUT.
- BARN - A FULL HOUSE, three of a kind and a pair.
- BACK DOOR - Applies to a hand that was made in the last card or two, specifically not a hand the player was originally planning on having. Most often applied to straights and flushes.
- INSIDE STRAIGHT - Four cards to a straight, where only one rank will complete the hand. E.g., 4-5-6-8 is an inside straight since only a 7 will fill (i.e., complete) the hand. Often called a GUT-SHOT. Compare: BOBTAIL STRAIGHT, OPEN-ENDED STRAIGHT.
- PASSED OUT. - A hand in which nobody opens. What happens next is a function of the game being played.
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