Poker glossary
Thirty Miles
Thirty miles is slang for three tens. The name is a joke on the sum: three tens make thirty.
The simple explanation
If a player has three tens, he may say 'thirty miles'. It is a nickname for three of a kind with tens.
A closer look
The phrase is old gambling slang that makes a joke of the sum, ten times three. It has no special meaning in the rules. Three tens is an ordinary three of a kind and is beaten by higher trips.
A practical example
A player turns over three tens and says, 'Thirty miles.'
Full explanation
Thirty miles is slang for three tens. The name is a joke on the sum: three tens make thirty.
Thirty miles is three tens.
It is slang.
It is an ordinary three of a kind.
It has no rule meaning.