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THE biggest payout in sporting history - $60million or £31.5million - is up for grabs in a poker game in Australia in July.

BAD GAME - Any game in which you figure to be the loser, because the other players are better than you.
RUNNER-RUNNER - A hand made using both of the last two cards dealt.
BACK DOOR - Applies to a hand that was made in the last card or two, specifically not a hand the player was originally planning on having. Most often applied to straights and flushes.
PROP - Also PROPOSITION PLAYER. An employee of the gaming establishment whose primary purpose is to keep enough players at a table to prevent breaking up the game for lack of players. Unlike SHILLs "props" make a small hourly wage but play with their own money, winning or losing based on their skill.
REPRESENT - Implying, by one's betting style, that one has a particular hand.
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."

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