The Nightly Turbo: Peter Eastgate Quits Poker, French Poker Players Boycott, and More
We’ve heard it before and we’re likely to hear it again, but another young poker pro has “quit.” There’s an online poker boycott going on in France, and if you missed the World Series of Poker party circuit this weekend, you missed hot girls…
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Poker argot:
- BIG SLICK - In Texas Hold'em, hole cards of A-K, suited or not.
- ROYAL FLUSH - An ace-high straight flush, the best possible hand in regular poker.
- DOUBLE BELLY BUSTER - A two-way inside straight. E.g., 3-5-6-7-9.
- RAGS - Board cards that are small, not suited and not in sequence, e.g., 9-5-2. When "rags flop", it is unlikely that anyone has a good hand, except possibly the big blind in an unraised pot.
- BURN - To discard the top card of the deck prior to dealing, usually done for every dealing round except the first. The theory being that if somehow the cards are marked (illegally) no one will know what card will next be dealt, only what card will be burned. This makes marked cards less of an advantage, hence tends to reduce cheating.
- OVER - A term used in describing two pair or a full house. "Kings over tens" means two pair, kings and tens. "Jacks over", also "Jacks up" describes a hand that is two pair: Jacks with an unspecified lower pair. Also used to describe a full house, distinguishing the three of a kind from the pair. The hand J-J-J-A-A could be described as "Full house, Jacks over Aces".
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