[ti:Ace in the Hole]
[ar:Bob Doughty]
[al:Words and Their Stories]
[by:WWW.51VOA.COM]
[00:00.00](MUSIC)
[00:09.59]Now, Words and Their Stories,
[00:12.85]a program in Special English
[00:14.89]by the Voice of America.
[00:17.82]It is surprising
[00:20.16] how many expressions
[00:21.75]that Americans use every day
[00:24.20]came from the card game of poker.
[00:27.65]For example,
[00:28.64]you hear the expression,
[00:30.38]ace in the hole,
[00:32.28]used by many people
[00:34.10]who would never
[00:35.30]think of going
[00:36.36]near a poker table.
[00:37.85]An ace in the hole
[00:39.95]is an argument,
[00:41.94]plan or thing
[00:43.33]kept hidden until needed.
[00:45.97] It is used especially
[00:47.86]when it can turn failure
[00:49.50]into success.
[00:51.35]In poker and most card games,
[00:54.18]the ace is the highest
[00:56.32]and most valuable card.
[00:58.52]It is often a winning card.
[01:01.31]In one kind of poker game,
[01:03.95]the first card to each player
[01:06.23]is given face down.
[01:08.62]A player does not show this card
[01:11.41]to the other players.
[01:13.20]The other cards
[01:14.90]are dealt face up.
[01:16.94]The players bet money each time
[01:19.65]they receive another card.
[01:21.70]No one knows
[01:23.73]until the end of the game
[01:25.38]whose hidden card is the winner.
[01:28.62]Often, the ace in the hole
[01:31.56]wins the game.
[01:33.56]Smart card players,
[01:36.29]especially those who play
[01:38.40]for large amounts of money,
[01:40.44]closely watch the person
[01:43.04]who deals the cards.
[01:45.28]They are watching to make sure
[01:48.47]he is dealing honestly.
[01:50.32]They want to be sure
[01:52.61]that he is not dealing off
[01:54.81]the bottom of the stack of cards.
[01:57.25]A dealer who is doing that
[02:00.09]has stacked the deck.
[02:02.97]He has fixed the cards
[02:05.49]so that he will get higher cards.
[02:08.07]He will win and you will lose.
[02:12.32]The expression,
[02:14.31]dealing off the bottom,
[02:16.45]now means cheating in business,
[02:19.64]as well as in cards.
[02:21.39]And when someone tells you
[02:23.88]that the cards
[02:25.49]are stacked against you,
[02:27.69]he is saying you do not
[02:30.20]have a chance to succeed.
[02:32.84]In a poker game you do not want
[02:36.53]to let your opponents know
[02:38.17]if your cards are good or bad.
[02:41.42]So having a poker face is important.
[02:46.04]A poker face never shows any emotion,
[02:50.27]never expresses either good
[02:52.76]or bad feelings.
[02:54.51]No one can learn
[02:56.75]¨C by looking at your face
[02:58.79]¨C if your cards are good or bad.
[03:02.58]People now use poker face
[03:05.98]in everyday speech
[03:07.94]to describe someone
[03:09.63]who shows no emotion.
[03:12.10]Someone who has a poker face
[03:15.14]usually is good at bluffing.
[03:18.58]Bluffing is trying
[03:20.67]to trick a person
[03:22.09]into believing something
[03:24.03]about you that is not true.
[03:26.77]In poker, you bluff
[03:29.57]when you bet heavily
[03:31.11]on a poor hand.
[03:32.61]The idea is make
[03:35.20]the other players
[03:36.21]believe you have strong cards
[03:38.96]and are sure to win.
[03:44.43]If they believe you,
[03:45.78]they are likely to drop
[03:48.11]out of the game.
[03:49.32]This means you win the money
[03:52.05]they have bet.
[03:53.75]You can do a better job of bluffing
[03:57.09]if you hold your cards close
[04:00.08]to your vest.
[04:01.25]You hold your cards close
[04:03.64]to you so no one can see
[04:05.88]what you have.
[04:07.17]In everyday speech,
[04:09.37]holding your cards close
[04:11.88]to your vest means not
[04:14.02]letting other know
[04:15.42]what you are doing or thinking.
[04:18.22]You are keeping you plans secret.
[04:21.50]We are not bluffing
[04:23.55]when we say we hope you
[04:25.25]have enjoyed today's program.
[04:28.13](MUSIC)
[04:34.45]This Special English program,
[04:36.05]Words and Their Stories,
[04:38.46]was written by Marilyn Rice Christiano.
[04:41.60]This is Bob Doughty.
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