Million-dollar poker tournament hits down under
MAXINE McKEW: It was Kenny Rogers who sang “you’ve got to know when to hold `em, know when to fold `em, know when to walk away and know when to run.” And in so doing, he forever immortalising the game of poker in song.
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Poker terminology:
- RAIL - A barrier dividing the card playing area from a public area.
- PAT HAND - In draw poker, a hand that does not need any more cards. Specifically, a straight, flush, full house or straight flush. One might bluff and represent a pat hand but actually hold something else.
- SIDE POT - When an active player runs out of money during the course of a hand, the remaining players participate in a second or SIDE POT for the rest of the hand. Additional side pots are possible if several players run out of money at different points in a hand.
- BELLY BUSTER - An inside straight draw. Same as GUTSHOT.
- 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.
- WHITE BLACKBIRD - A hand so astonishingly rare as to be unworthy of the opponents' consideration, e.g., being dealt a pat royal flush in 5-card draw.
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