From the Poker Vaults: The Dunes
Before there was the Bellagio, before there was the Horseshoe, even before there was the Aladdin, there was the Dunes. It was, quite simply…
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Poker lexicon:
- BLACK - When referring to chips, black usually stands for $100 casino chips. "This guy sits down with a stack of blacks and raises the first bet." Not ALL casinos use black for $100 but that is the common usage.
- POCKET ROCKETS - In Hold'em, a pair of aces for hole cards.
- OFFSUIT - Not of the same suit. "I held A-Q offsuit" or "The flop was 10-6-2 offsuit". When speaking of 5 or more cards, not all/ of the same suit, i.e., no flush, as in "button had A-K-10-8-7 offsuit."
- HOLE CARDS - In Stud and Hold'em, the face-down cards dealt to each player.
- POT - The total amount of money bet so far in a hand.
- SHORT-STACKED - Playing with a only a small amount of money, thus limiting one's risk and reward.
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