any
turn or round of something. Roodles is a
term used in the
card game of
poker and is a
turn of
play in which the amount of
money bet is increased, thus serving to liven up the
game and increase the amount of
money that can be won.
a version of
poker (a
card game where players
bet on the
value of the cards in their hands, forming a
pool to be taken by the winner). In a round of roodles every player must ante (put one's
stake into the
pool before receiving cards) and the limit is usually doubled making very high stakes for the winner. Used figuratively in the lecture.