On gambling, e-poker and Congress
Howard Lederer, aka the Profes-sor, is a professional poker player, not a gambler. If Congress will acknowledge this distinction, it will rectify one of its recent mistakes.
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Poker lingo:
- TAPPED [OUT] - Out of money. Can refer to a player running out of money in the course of a hand, thus still active for the main pot; or can refer to a player who has lost his bankroll and can no longer play.
- EXPECTATION - The long-run [dis-]advantage of a given situation, specifically without reference to any particular outcome. I.e., what you figure to win [lose] on average after a large number of repetitions of the same situation.
- FOUR OF A KIND - A hand containing all four cards of the same rank.
- FULL OF - Describes a full house. "Fives full of queens" is 5-5-5-Q-Q.
- STRAIGHT - A hand consisting of 5 cards in sequence but not in suit.
- OPEN-HANDED - A category of games characterized by a part of each player's hand being exposed.
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