HIGHROLLER Magazine To Sponsor MADD Poker Tournament
Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) November 17, 2005 — Poker has quickly become an industry that has generated billions of dollars and the pop culture phenomenon with the most impressive rate of growth that America has ever witnessed. And is precisely because of this progressive hip ethos, that HIGHROLLER Magazine is promoting a Texas Hold ‘Em Poker tournament this Saturday, December 3rd at 4:15PM at the famed Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, CA., to raise money for the production of a feature film …
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Casino poker language:
- RUNNER-RUNNER - A hand made using both of the last two cards dealt.
- HIT - To make a hand or catch a card or cards that improves one's hand. "I hit a gut-shot draw on the river."
- BAD-BEAT JACKPOT - In some cardrooms, a prize that is shared by the players in a game, when a very good hand (usually Aces full, or better) is beaten by a higher hand. Jackpots are usually financed by taking a drop ($1 is a common amount) from every pot. A typical division of the jackpot will give the losing hand 50 %, the winning hand 25 %, and the other players at the table share the remaining 25 % of the Jackpot.
- QUARTER - [1] Twenty-five dollars, often symbolized by a green casino chip. [2] To divide half a pot between two tying hands. In split pot games, a player who "ties" another player for their half of the pot is said to be "quartered". One might say "I didn't bet my A-2 because I figured I'd get quartered".
- POCKET PAIR - Generic Hold'em term for 2 hole cards of the same rank.
- IN - Still eligible to win the pot. "I'm in" is often spoken as one adds chips to the pot, calling.
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