Bay Area gets dealt a hand in poker craze
The cards don’t lie — poker has a hold on America. And for a week San Jose was at the center of the poker universe.With an estimated 60 million poker players in the United States, the game has gone from being a fad to part of fabric of American the culture.Top players such as Phil Hellmuth of Palo Alto and Daniel Negreanu have moved out of the shadows and are now identifiable celebrities battling animated cans of Diet Pepsi in TV commercials.Big-box stores such as Bed, Bath & Beyond and Target
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Poker dictionary:
- BIG SLICK - In Texas Hold'em, hole cards of A-K, suited or not.
- TURN - The fourth community card in Hold'em.
- BET - To put money into the pot, pursuant to the rules of the game, thus maintaining a chance of winning the pot.
- EDGE - An advantage over an opponent, either specific or subjective.
- BARN - A FULL HOUSE, three of a kind and a pair.
- TAP - In no-limit games, to wager all of one's money in one bet.
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