Dwan and Ivey Set New TV Cash-Game Poker Record
Poker on television continues to see an increase inpopularity thanks to the ridiculous pots generated by high stakes aces who are looking to felt their opponents on every turn. Until recently, Tom “Durrr” Dwan and Barry Greenstein held the record…
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Poker argot:
- POSITION - One's location in the betting sequence, relative to the players still in the hand. First position is first to act.
- BIG SLICK - In Texas Hold'em, hole cards of A-K, suited or not.
- FLOORMAN - The casino representative in charge of the card room or a section of a card room. Arbitrates disputes when unusual events happen.
- 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.
- MILES OF BAD ROAD - Three of a kind. Prefixed with a number, 3*<N>, to indicate 3 <N>s. Thus "24 miles of bad road" is 3 eights, etc. (This obviously doesn't work for face cards.)
- PAT - Holding or being dealt a pat hand. "I'm pat" would mean "I don't want to draw any cards.
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