Cashing in when the chips are down: Charities, nonprofits ride the wave of poker popularity to raise money
When parents of young football players and cheerleaders in Marlborough realized they desperately needed cash for equipment this fall, they bypassed bake sales and turned to the latest craze in fundraising: Texas Holdem poker.
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Poker talk:
- SPLIT [OPENERS] - In draw poker, to discard one or more openers, usually to draw to a straight or flush. Normally requires the opener to declare the act and retain the discards so that the act of opening can later be validated.
- WORLD SERIES OF POKER - A series of several different poker games with relatively large buy-ins, culminating in a $10,000 buy-in no-limit Hold'em tournament, the winner of which is crowned the World Poker Champion. Sponsored by Binion's Horseshoe Club in Las Vegas.
- COLD CALL - Calling both a bet and raise at the same time, as opposed to calling a bet then later calling a raise made after the call.
- LITTLE SLICK - In Hold'em, hole cards of A-2, suited or not.
- LIVE [CARD] - In Stud, a card probably not held by other players.
- BIG BLIND - A blind bet, usually a raise of an earlier blind which would be called the SMALL BLIND. In limit poker, the BIG BLIND is usually the size of the minimum bet on the first round of betting.
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