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I've been watching some episodes of Poker After Dark and heard the players use the term "across" in a sentence such as "I had 4 across". (or "a cross" perhaps?)
What does it mean? I'm thinking it means they have that many outs in the deck but I am not sure.
Edit: I've been continuing to watch the episodes in hopes of finding someone saying it in a sentence and finally come across it in a video that I can share with. It is said by Huck and Doyle at 11:58 in this video.
In "n across," n refers to the number of pips on one side of the card for cards that have more than one column of pips. So, the 4 and 5 would be "2 across" cards; the 6, 7 and 8 would be "3 across" and the 9 and 10 would be "4 across."
In the clip you linked in your edit (which was very helpful for reminding me of the answer, thanks!) they were both excited because there was a fraction of a second where they realized the river was a 4-across card but didn't know which, and it mattered. The 10 would seal it for Doyle, while the 9 would make Dwan's straight.
