Priest takes his poker game to television
AIKEN — A priest, an NBA star and a poker champion are competing in a game show.
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Poker jargon:
- DOOR [CARD] - A player's first upcard in stud games.
- DEAD MAN'S HAND - Generically: two pair, aces and eights. Specifically: the black aces, black eights and nine of diamonds. The hand Wild Bill Hickok was holding when he was shot to death.
- WORLD SERIES OF POKER - A series of several different poker games with relatively large buy-ins, culminating in a $10,000 buy-in no-limit Hold'em tournament, the winner of which is crowned the World Poker Champion. Sponsored by Binion's Horseshoe Club in Las Vegas.
- NO-LIMIT POKER - A game where there is no maximum bet; a player can wager any amount (perhaps above some minimum) up to whatever money is on the table in front of him.
- MARKED CARDS - Cards that have been (illegally) altered so that their value can be read from the back.
- TRIPS - Three of a kind. In Hold'em the term SET is used when two of the three cards are hole cards.
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