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 Terms ?, mark bartholmey, 2. Aug 2003 16:05 | ||
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| Where the the names turn and river come from ? Thanks Mark | ||
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| Re: Terms ?, Roy Cooke, 2. Aug 2003 17:16 | ||
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| The term river comes from the old Mississippi river gambling boats in which poker was played.....A slang term came about in which someone caught a card "down river" which means they caught the card on the end or as the boat proceeded down the river.....That slang term transformed into the term river. I do not know where the term "turn" came from! Roy Cooke | ||
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| Re: Terms ?, JohnnyG113, 2. Aug 2003 19:29 | ||
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| on 2. Aug 2003 17:16 Roy Cooke wrote: > The term river comes from the old Mississippi river gambling boats in which poker was > played.....A slang term came about in which someone caught a card "down river" which > means they caught the card on the end or as the boat proceeded down the > river.....That slang term transformed into the term river. > > I do not know where the term "turn" came from! > > Roy Cooke I think Turn comes from this is when my hand "turns" from great to shit ;) | ||
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| Re: Terms ?, 4 POKER, 2. Aug 2003 19:49 | ||
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| on 2. Aug 2003 19:29 JohnnyG113 wrote: > on 2. Aug 2003 17:16 Roy Cooke wrote: > > The term river comes from the old Mississippi river gambling boats in which poker was > > > played.....A slang term came about in which someone caught a card "down river" which > > means they caught the card on the end or as the boat proceeded down the > > river.....That slang term transformed into the term river. > > > > I do not know where the term "turn" came from! > > > > Roy Cooke > > I think Turn comes from this is when my hand "turns" from great to shit ;) That's a good one! | ||
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| Re: Terms ?, Roy Cooke, 2. Aug 2003 20:58 | ||
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| LOL Roy Cooke on 2. Aug 2003 19:29 JohnnyG113 wrote: > on 2. Aug 2003 17:16 Roy Cooke wrote: > > The term river comes from the old Mississippi river gambling boats in which poker was > > > played.....A slang term came about in which someone caught a card "down river" which > > means they caught the card on the end or as the boat proceeded down the > > river.....That slang term transformed into the term river. > > > > I do not know where the term "turn" came from! > > > > Roy Cooke > > I think Turn comes from this is when my hand "turns" from great to shit ;) | ||
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| Re: Terms ?, foraces, 2. Aug 2003 20:03 | ||
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| funny | ||
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| Re: Terms ?, stdioh, 5. Aug 2003 15:12 | ||
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| My understanding is that poker started out as a game called poque (French) and that Southern US'ers on the riverboats were pronouncing it poh kuh which then became "poker" as it moved around the country. Before it had really become known universally as "poker" there were still a number of variants and one played on riverboats commonly was called "up the river down the river" and the final card became known as the river. Perhaps the turn is a reference to turning from going up the river to going back down the river? I don't know on that account. | ||
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