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why is a full house called a boat?
why?
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Re: why is a full house called a boat?
I've wondered this myself. Add to that. Why is a 3 a trey. I have only heard this in poker.
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Re: why is a full house called a boat?
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I've wondered this myself. Add to that. Why is a 3 a trey. I have only heard this in poker. [/ QUOTE ] You can get treys in basketball, also... but it's a less commonly used term. |
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Re: why is a full house called a boat?
'tre' is 3 in italian. Americanize it and you get 'trey'
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Re: why is a full house called a boat?
Maybe the word came out when someone had a trey at a poker table at the same time someone asked for an ASHTREY ?
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Re: why is a full house called a boat?
Why not?
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Re: why is a full house called a boat?
it's trapezoidal like a boat
<font color="white">.</font> Y Y X X X see: |
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Re: why is a full house called a boat?
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it's trapezoidal like a boat [/ QUOTE ] if it wasn't for the visual i'd have called bullshit [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] |
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Re: why is a full house called a boat?
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it's trapezoidal like a boat [/ QUOTE ] Wow. How much have you been drinking tonight? |
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Re: why is a full house called a boat?
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it's trapezoidal like a boat <font color="white">.</font> Y Y X X X [/ QUOTE ] That doesn't quite make sense, since they say 5's (3 fives) over 2's. So it would be more like the Titanic than a real boat. ;-) |
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