Beat Bird Flu With Poker Cards

Poker cards have always found themselves used to display all sorts of novel and useful information, from mixed drink instructions to the hand ranks in poker to war criminals. Now Chinese markets have seen the newest kind of poker deck info source; Bird Flu Cards.

In each deck of 54 cards the individual cards have cartoons relaying information about what bird flu is, how to prevent getting it, what to do if you have symptoms, how it is transmitted and the like. Disease prevention and control centers across china have their addresses and phone numbers printed on the cards showing up in China’s Shanxi Province…

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Mon, January 9th, 2006

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  • RAISE - To wager more than the minimum required to call, forcing other players to put in more money as well.
  • TO GO - The current betting level, as in "$20 to go" meaning every player must contribute $20 (total) or drop. A $10 raise would then make the pot "$30 to go".
  • ONE-EYED - The jack of hearts, jack of spades or king of diamonds. So named because the characters are drawn in profile, thus showing only one eye.
  • POT LIMIT - A game where the maximum bet is determined by the size of the pot at the time. Note that a player wanting to raise first calls the bet, then totals the pot to determine the maximum amount he can raise.
  • POT - The total amount of money bet so far in a hand.
  • IN - Still eligible to win the pot. "I'm in" is often spoken as one adds chips to the pot, calling.
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