Katie Jain: Poker fan creates JAQK wine
To some extent, Katie Jain is like every amateur poker player in America. She reads the occasional poker book. She watches poker on TV. She even plays in a weekly home game, where, though she goes against an MIT graduate and a bunch of Apple engineers, she…
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Poker glossary:
- MANIAC - A player who bets, raises and reraises without regard to the quality of his hand. Most often found in flop games.
- BAD GAME - Any game in which you figure to be the loser, because the other players are better than you.
- HOYLE - Edmund Hoyle (1769-?) was the authoritative source for rules of card games. Hoyle is to card rules as Webster is to word definitions.
- 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.
- STAND OFF - To call a raise. "Opener raises, I stand off".
- EVEN-MONEY - A bet that pays off exactly the amount wagered. E.g., "Double or nothing" is an even-money bet.
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