Kilter ( poker )


In draw poker, a nonstandard hand sometimes given value in a private or home game. The hand is different in
different parts of the country. One variant is any hand containing a 9, 5, and a 2, with one card between
the 9 and the 5 and another between the 5 and the 2. This particular hand is also called a pelter or a skeet.
Another variant is a hand with no card higher than a 9, no pair, and no four-flush or four-straight.
Another is a sequence of cards, each separated by one rank, such as 2-4-6-8-10 or 5-7-9-J-K.
This particular hand is also called an alternate straight, Dutch straight, or skip straight.
The kilter generally ranks between three of a kind and an "ordinary" straight. The term is sometimes rendered kelter.