Kenny Rogers’ Gambler Celebrates 25th Anniversary with Online Poker Tournament
For 25 years now, Kenny Rogers’ "The Gambler" has advised poker players that they have to know when to hold ‘em and when to fold ‘em, their cards that is. Rogers is now campaigning for poker fans to own ‘em, referring to the DVD box sets of his legendary poker film. In a series of promotional events, among them an online poker tournament, Rogers hopes to entice loyal country music followers as well as poker players to purchase the special 25th anniversary edition of "The Gambler."
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Poker glossary:
- MITES AND LICE - A hand consisting of two pair, threes over twos.
- RING GAME - A standard game where players can come and go as they choose. The opposite of TOURNAMENT.
- ON THE COME - A situation where the player does not have a complete hand but hopes to make one if the right cards come up.
- SET - In Hold'em, three of a kind where two of the cards are hole cards.
- DRAW - [1] A class of poker games characterized by players being dealt 5 cards face-down and later having the opportunity to replace some of the original 5. "Draw poker" and "Five-card draw" are examples of usage. [2] In stud and Hold'em games, the set of cards that will be dealt later can be collectively called "the draw". [3] To discard some number of cards and have dealt an equal number of replacements.
- MAIN POT - The main pot, as related to one or more side pots, when there are one or more all-in player(s). The main pot is the one in which all active players participate.
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