It Was US Against Them In Poker Event
Poker, by its very nature, is a competitive game; whether in tournaments or in cash games, the player with the most chips wins in the end. With the card game enjoying unprecedented popularity around the globe, tournament organizers and TV producers are always on the hunt for new ways of presenting and playing poker in order to keep it fresh. In a recent event that was filmed for Fox Sports Network, the idea was to pit countries against each other to determine who was the best.
There was a twist however; on one side was the group of American players, and on the other wasthe rest of the world…
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Poker talk:
- MILES OF BAD ROAD - Three of a kind. Prefixed with a number, 3*<N>, to indicate 3 <N>s. Thus "24 miles of bad road" is 3 eights, etc. (This obviously doesn't work for face cards.)
- DEAD MAN'S HAND - Generically: two pair, aces and eights. Specifically: the black aces, black eights and nine of diamonds. The hand Wild Bill Hickok was holding when he was shot to death.
- 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.
- QUALIFIER - A minimum standard that a hand must meet in order to win. Usually applied to the lowball side of a high-low split pot.
- RING GAME - A standard game where players can come and go as they choose. The opposite of TOURNAMENT.
- ON TILT - Playing worse (usually, more aggressively) than usual because a player has become emotionally upset.
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