Justin Doom: Charities turn to poker
Each Friday, SI.com’s Justin Doom offers his take on the week’s most interesting stories.
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- Charities look to trade in chocolate chips for poker chips
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- The PokerNews Profile: Justin “Boosted J” Smith
- Upshall all in for charities
- Annual poker run to benefit charities
- In Memoriam: Justin Shronk, 1981-2009
- House rejects more frequent charitable poker tournaments…
Poker terminology:
- DRAW OUT - To catch a card that improves your situation from a losing hand to a winning hand, especially when you beat someone holding a hand that usually figures to win.
- OPENER - The player who opens the betting, especially in draw poker. A hand may have no openers, in which case it is PASSED OUT, i.e., new hands are dealt.
- UNDER THE GUN - The position that has to act first in a round of betting.
- POT - The total amount of money bet so far in a hand.
- RUSH - A winning streak. Also "ON A RUSH".
- GUT SHOT - A draw to an inside straight, as in 2-3-4-6.
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