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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Casino poker language:
- BIG BOBTAIL - An open-ended 4-card straight flush.
- LEAK - To show one's hole cards (often unknowingly).
- SPLIT [THE POT] - To split the pot between two or more players. Related term: QUARTER.
- 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.
- LOOSE - Playing more hands than the norm. Antonym: TIGHT.
- LATE POSITION - For a particular betting round, a player who does not have to act until most of the other players have acted.
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