Where do the terms "Flop", "Turn", "River" come from?

[texasrattlers]

Anybody know? It seems like "Flop" kind of makes sense but I wonder why 4th street is called the "turn" and 5th street the "river".

[bernie]

You FLOP her down
You TURN her over
Her husband then comes in, pulls you off, and drowns you in the RIVER.

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[doughhater]

I actually invented these terms.



I also invented the question mark.

[illunious]

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Anybody know? It seems like "Flop" kind of makes sense but I wonder why 4th street is called the "turn" and 5th street the "river".

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My favorite urban dictionary definitions:
Flop: Something that fails miserably
Turn: to crap on a stick
River: Where you go to dispose of bodies

[Siingo]

Ohh so this is where it come from!!!


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[jtr]

I don't know the answer to your question, but I think there's been some slippage in the use of these terms in the last few decades. If I remember correctly, in Super System, DB uses "turn" to refer to what we would now call the flop, e.g., "the turn brought 6 7 8". He then uses "4th street" for what we'd call the turn.

At least I think this is right -- flame away if my memory is faulty; SS not in front of me right now for checking.

[ravballz]

Which is why all your hands are doing fine until the river

[Caruso329]

DB mentions the flop quite a bit in SS. Like "How to play AK before the flop" and other similar titles.