Anna Benson adds poker to her, uh, resume

NEW YORK (AP) — Anna Benson could find herself getting plenty of face time on ESPN in the coming year. Not during baseball games, but more likely during one of the network’s ubiquitous poker broadcasts.

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Mon, January 30th, 2006

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  • HOYLE - Edmund Hoyle (1769-?) was the authoritative source for rules of card games. Hoyle is to card rules as Webster is to word definitions.
  • STRAIGHT - A hand consisting of 5 cards in sequence but not in suit.
  • NICKEL - Five dollars, usually represented by a red casino check.
  • CASE - The fourth card of a particular rank, as in "he folded the case 9" when describing where all the 9s were in a hand. Comes from the game of Faro where an employee of the house, called the "case keeper". kept track of the number of each rank of card remaining.
  • 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.
  • SIXTH STREET - The sixth card dealt in 7-card stud.
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