Gardena Miracle (poker)
An extremely lucky draw, usually greatly defying probability,
and often in such a way as
to defeat a hand that has considerably the best of it. If, in
lowball, you have a pat 6-4, and
I make the blind good and draw three cards and make a wheel,
you will be justified in accusing me of having been blessed
with a Gardena miracle. In draw poker, you can also draw three
cards to two cards of the same suit and make a flush and also
be considered to have made a
Gardena miracle. Many players consider drawing two and making
a straight flush or even a flush also to fall into the class
of Gardena miracle, but that is more correctly called a cat
hop. Also, freak draw. Named after the city of Gardena, in Southern
California, which was once known as the poker-playing capital
of America.
