Reginald T. Dogan: Poker room aces clay tennis courts

I wager that more people are interesting in spending money to play poker than to play tennis.

TABLE STAKES - A standard rule whereby during a hand players can only bet the money they have on the table. If the bet to a player is more than the player's stack, that player may call with all his chips and be eligible to win only that portion of the pot he contributed to equally. A side pot is created, for which only the remaining players may compete.
ON TILT - Playing worse (usually, more aggressively) than usual because a player has become emotionally upset.
HIT - To make a hand or catch a card or cards that improves one's hand. "I hit a gut-shot draw on the river."
LIMIT POKER - A poker game wherein the amount to be bet is fixed, or at most variable within a prescribed minimum and maximum. Ant.: NO-LIMIT POKER.
ALL-IN - To have all of one's chips in the pot. A player who is all-in cannot be forced out of the pot by more betting, but is only eligible to win that portion of the pot he has contributed to. Generally, a SIDE POT is created each time a player is all-in.
TAP - In no-limit games, to wager all of one's money in one bet.

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