Jeff Haney is taking a look at the second annual high-stakes, mano-a-mano poker tournament coming up this weekend at
The style of poker known as “heads-up” - meaning one-on-one - has a long and rich history in Las Vegas.
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Poker lexicon:
- TOP TWO PAIR - In flop games, having hole cards that make the highest possible two pair hand.
- TURN - The fourth community card in Hold'em.
- QUARTER - [1] Twenty-five dollars, often symbolized by a green casino chip. [2] To divide half a pot between two tying hands. In split pot games, a player who "ties" another player for their half of the pot is said to be "quartered". One might say "I didn't bet my A-2 because I figured I'd get quartered".
- RUSH - A winning streak. Also "ON A RUSH".
- LIMIT POKER - A poker game wherein the amount to be bet is fixed, or at most variable within a prescribed minimum and maximum. Ant.: NO-LIMIT POKER.
- KICKER - In hands containing pairs and trips, the highest card not matched. In draw games, sometimes a card kept for deception purposes.
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