Four of a Kind

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by Valerie Frankel


  CALL: Betting the minimum amount to stay in the hand

  CHECK: Staying in a hand, but declining to bet. If another player bets, however, you will be forced to call or fold.

  CHIP: A troublesome object sometimes found upon one’s shoulder, or a yummy morsel of chocolate, or a colored plastic disc used to represent an amount of money

  FLOP: The first three community cards in Hold ’Em games

  FOLD: What is done with laundry, or dumping a bad hand

  HEADS UP: Play between only two players

  HOLE (AS IN, “IN THE HOLE”): Facedown private cards

  POCKET (AS IN, “IN THE POCKET”): Facedown cards; see “hole”

  POT: A metal vessel for cooking which you will not be using tonight, or the big pile of chips in the middle of the table that the winner of the hand will claim while whooping

  RAG: A dishtowel you will not be using to clean up with tonight, or a low- or off-suit card that does not help you make a winning hand

  RAISE; RERAISE: Adding to the bet another player has made

  RIVER: The fifth community card in Hold ’Em games

  SHOWDOWN: When players reveal their pocket cards to see who won the hand

  STEAM: What happens when a player gets frustrated and starts making emotional, reckless bets

  TURN: The fourth community card in Hold ’Em games

  WINNER: What you will surely be if you (1) understand the rules, (2) practice your poker face to Lady Gaga-esque perfection, and (3) accept risk as part of poker and life. As winner’s say, “Bet big or go home.” Since you are, possibly, already home, you’ve got nothing to lose.

  Dedicated to

  Dana Isaacson,

  my hero

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  VALERIE FRANKEL received critical acclaim for her bestselling memoir, Thin Is the New Happy. She was Joan Rivers’s co-writer on Men Are Stupid … and They Like Big Boobs and she collaborated with Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi on the New York Times bestselling novel A Shore Thing. Val is the author of fifteen novels, including The Accidental Virgin, and is a journalist much in demand. Her writing has appeared in O Magazine, Allure, Self, and The New York Times, among other publications. Her Q&A Love column in Mademoiselle was a popular favorite for many readers. She lives in Brooklyn Heights with her two daughters and husband, opera singer Stephen Quint.

  www.valeriefrankel.com.

 

 

 


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