Blind.—The ante deposited by the age previous to the deal. The blind may be doubled by the player to the left of the eldest hand, and the next player to the left may at his option straddle this bet, and so on, including the dealer, each player doubling. The player to the left of the age, alone has the privilege of the first straddle, and if he decline to straddle it debars any other player coming after him from doing so. To make a blind good costs double the amount of the ante, and to make a straddle good costs four times the amount of the blind. Each succeeding straddle costs double the preceding one.
Call.—When the bet goes round to the last bettor, a player who remains in, if he does not wish to see and go better, simply sees and calls, and then all those playing show their hands, and the highest hand wins the pool.
Chips.—Ivory or bone tokens, representing a fixed value in money.
Chipping, or to Chip.—Is synonymous with betting. Thus a player, instead of saying “I bet,”[“I bet,”] may say “I chip” so much.
Discard.—To take from your hand the number of cards you intend to draw, and place them on the table, near the next dealer, face downwards.
Draw.—After discarding one or more cards, to receive a corresponding number from the dealer.
Eldest Hand, or Age.—The player immediately at the left of the dealer.
Filling.—To match, or strengthen the cards to which you draw.
The following descriptions of what are known as “jack-pots,” a modification of the game of draw-poker, is taken from “Trump’s American Hoyle,” which Blackbridge pronounces the standard authority on this as on all other card games:
When all the players pass up to the blind hand, the latter allows his blind to remain in the pot, and each of the other players deposit a similar amount. The blind now deals, and any player in his regular turn may open or break the pot, provided he holds a pair of jacks or better, but a player is not compelled to do so, this being entirely optional.