Outside poker
1) Not an employee of a card room, that is, a live player; usually
preceded by on the. "Doesn't Hector work here?" "Nah,
he's on the outside."
2) In lowball, pertaining to a card drawn to (usually) a good
hand, but either somewhat above the card that would make that
the best hand possible (as when drawing to A-2-3-4, and catching
a 6 or higher), or when drawing to a hand with "room"
inside (that is, with space below its highest card), pertaining
to a card drawn above the hand (as when drawing to 4-5-6-7,
and catching an 8 or higher). If a player shows down an 8-4
and says, "I caught outside," you know he caught the
8. A player might make this remark after losing to a rough 7,
and bemoaning his luck that he didn't make the wheel.
