Poker and Singles Mix
The next time your mother gives you a hard time for spending so much of your free time playing online poker, you can tell her that you are looking for a soul mate and win her blessing. Following the story of two players who met and will marry after falling in love playing online poker, online poker room Partypoker and online dating agency Lavalife are joining forces to get singles hooked up with one another.
A free No Limit Texas Hold’em tournament will run for 11 weeks on PartyPoker, giving singles plenty of time to meet new people wile playing poker. The tournament theme is “Play on Thursday, have a date on Saturday.” It is a real tournament as well as a chance to chat up potential dates, and the 220 players who make the final event will be in the running for $25,000 worth of prizes….
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Poker lexicon:
- BURN - To discard the top card of the deck prior to dealing, usually done for every dealing round except the first. The theory being that if somehow the cards are marked (illegally) no one will know what card will next be dealt, only what card will be burned. This makes marked cards less of an advantage, hence tends to reduce cheating.
- BLANK - Used in describing stud and Hold'em games. Refers to a dealt card that does not offer any value; stating the actual rank and suit would detract from a description of the hand. "The last card was a blank.".
- FULL HOUSE - A hand consisting of 3-of-a-kind and a (different) pair.
- RIDER BACK (TM) - A brand of playing cards that feature a bicycle rider on the back of the cards. Often used in home games. Compare: BEE No. 92.
- EXPECTATION - The long-run [dis-]advantage of a given situation, specifically without reference to any particular outcome. I.e., what you figure to win [lose] on average after a large number of repetitions of the same situation.
- AMERICAN AIRLINES - In Hold'em, a pair of Aces in the hole. Better known (at least in rec.gambling) as POCKET ROCKETS.
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