Change Of Pace For GSN With ‘High Stakes Poker’
The Game Show Network has been one of the better stops for specialty television poker tournaments throughout 2005. The ‘Poker Royale’ series has featured many of the biggest names in the poker world…
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Poker slang:
- 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".
- BOARD - The exposed cards in Hold'em and stud. Also BOARD CARDS.
- COMPUTER HAND - Texas Hold'em hole cards of Q-7 offsuit. More generically, any hand that computer analysis/simulation determines is positive but turns out to be difficult to play in practice.
- 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.
- ROYAL FLUSH - An ace-high straight flush, the best possible hand in regular poker.
- STAND OFF - To call a raise. "Opener raises, I stand off".
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