Forget Online Poker, How About Underwater Poker
It might not be the next new poker craze, but some might say these poker players were crazy to play in the first InterPoker.com Extreme Poker Championship, held under the surf off the coast of St. Kitts. Completely outfitted with the proper SCUBA gear, poker pros Phil “The Unabomber” Laak and Kenna James took on Juha Helppi and Internet qualifier Louise H from Denmark to see who would be the first Extreme Poker Champion…
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Poker glossary:
- MUCK - [1] A collection of face-down cards near the dealer composed of discards, i.e., folded hands, burns and discards for drawing purposes. [2] To throw one's cards into the muck, thus folding.
- RERAISE - To raise after an opponent has raised.
- STRAIGHT FLUSH - A hand consisting of 5 cards in sequence and the same suit.
- LITTLE SLICK - In Hold'em, hole cards of A-2, suited or not.
- COLD CALL - Calling both a bet and raise at the same time, as opposed to calling a bet then later calling a raise made after the call.
- RAISE - To wager more than the minimum required to call, forcing other players to put in more money as well.
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