Super Bowl weekend means plenty of action in poker rooms
Mirage poker room manager Christopher Coffin noticed a recurring trend on Super Bowl Sundays throughout his years in Las Vegas. Poker rooms around town would be packed leading up to kickoff, then everyone would vanish to watch the game.
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Poker talk:
- KICKER - In hands containing pairs and trips, the highest card not matched. In draw games, sometimes a card kept for deception purposes.
- TIGHT - [1] A style of play that entails playing fewer hands than average. Antonym: LOOSE. [2] A FULL HOUSE.
- ANTE - A small bet all players are required to make before a hand is dealt. Not all games have an ante. Related terms: BLIND, FORCED BET.
- RAKE - Money taken from each pot and given to the house in return for hosting the game. Usually a percentage of the pot (5%-10%) up to some maximum amount.
- BOARD - The exposed cards in Hold'em and stud. Also BOARD CARDS.
- 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.)
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