The Oklahoma Johnny Hale Open Poker Tournament

Carol, once again we are driving from Las Vegas, Nevada to Tulsa, Oklahoma. We are traveling down old route 66-”The main street of America”-but now they call It I-40.

We are traveling back to Tulsa, Oklahoma-remember the song?-”Take me back to Tulsa?”-to make arrangements for my # 78 birthday poker party.

I remember the first time I traveled on “The main street of America.” It was when I was about ten years old riding down old route 66. The Hale family was on its way to the land of milk and honey-California!

John Steinbeck, wrote about this in his best seller—”The Grapes of Wrath” The Hale family was not in the book-nor in the movie-but we lived through it and we did make the trip from Oklahoma to California-but we came by way of Las Vegas. Times were a little tough back in Oklahoma. Dad owned a little-nowdays you would call it a 7/11-with groceries and gas. Bread was two loaves for eight cents, and gas was nine cents a gallon.

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Sun, November 20th, 2005

Poker glossary:

DRAW - [1] A class of poker games characterized by players being dealt 5 cards face-down and later having the opportunity to replace some of the original 5. "Draw poker" and "Five-card draw" are examples of usage. [2] In stud and Hold'em games, the set of cards that will be dealt later can be collectively called "the draw". [3] To discard some number of cards and have dealt an equal number of replacements.
BIG BOBTAIL - An open-ended 4-card straight flush.
TO GO - The current betting level, as in "$20 to go" meaning every player must contribute $20 (total) or drop. A $10 raise would then make the pot "$30 to go".
CAP - To cap the betting is to make the last permitted raise in a round.
PASS - Opposite of bet. To check, if checked to. To fold, if bet to.
STUD - Any of several poker games in which some of each players' cards are exposed.

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