Top Poker Players to be Recognized at Hollywood Awards Night
Poker is going Hollywood! Every year, the best actors and actresses gather in Hollywood for awards shows where they are recognized for their on-screen talents. Now, poker players have an awards platform of their own. For the first time in history, poker’s best will be publicly lauded for their achievements around the felt in Card Player’s Player of the Year Awards Gala.
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Poker lingo:
- OVERPAIR - In Hold'em, a pair in the hole that is larger than any community card on the board.
- FLOORMAN - The casino representative in charge of the card room or a section of a card room. Arbitrates disputes when unusual events happen.
- EXPECTATION - The long-run [dis-]advantage of a given situation, specifically without reference to any particular outcome. I.e., what you figure to win [lose] on average after a large number of repetitions of the same situation.
- NUT / NUTS - The best possible hand of a given class. Not a LOCK unless all cards have been dealt. The "nut flush" is the highest possible flush, but might still lose to, e.g., a full house. Usually used in Hold'em games.
- TOP TWO PAIR - In flop games, having hole cards that make the highest possible two pair hand.
- COMPUTER HAND - Texas Hold'em hole cards of Q-7 offsuit. More generically, any hand that computer analysis/simulation determines is positive but turns out to be difficult to play in practice.
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