Video Poker Battle Continues

Everywhere you look in the media is evidence that poker is alive and well. Texas Holdem is the buzz word of the year, yet another poker term is threatening to take top billing in poker related news; video poker. It seems that half the people in America are clamoring to have it, and the other have want to get rid of it as fast as possible…

Poker dictionary:

FLAT LIMIT - A variant of fixed limit where all bets are the same amount.
KICKER - In hands containing pairs and trips, the highest card not matched. In draw games, sometimes a card kept for deception purposes.
DECLARE - In high/low games, declaring one's hand as high or low or both ways (usually done with chips in hand). Usually played in home games; casinos tend to play CARDS SPEAK.
NUT / NUTS - The best possible hand of a given class. Not a LOCK unless all cards have been dealt. The "nut flush" is the highest possible flush, but might still lose to, e.g., a full house. Usually used in Hold'em games.
FIFTH STREET - In stud poker, the fifth card to be dealt to each player. Sometimes used to refer to the last card dealt in Hold'em, although the more common term for this is RIVER (q.v.).
BRODERICK CRAWFORD - In Hold'em, hole cards of 10-4. From the 1950s TV series "Highway Patrol", starring Broderick Crawford.

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