Iowa Shops Inspired by Poker Runs
One of the most successful ways charities have of getting people out and involved in their cause not to mentions raising a little cash to help out along the way are poker runs, events where participants travel a specific route, collecting poker cards and trying to make the best poker hands. A few small businesses in O’Brien County, Iowa, figured out a way to emulate the popular format of poker runs to drum up awareness of their small town shops.
While this format does not involve poker cards, the idea is the same. Interested shoppers gather coupons from a local paper and flyers, and then bring them to the participating stores, where they are stamped…
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Poker jargon:
- TAP - In no-limit games, to wager all of one's money in one bet.
- FIRE - To make the first bet in a betting round. Used to emphasize that the player bet when a check was possible, showing strength.
- OVERPAIR - In Hold'em, a pair in the hole that is larger than any community card on the board.
- COMPUTER HAND - Texas Hold'em hole cards of Q-7 offsuit. More generically, any hand that computer analysis/simulation determines is positive but turns out to be difficult to play in practice.
- SEMI-BLUFF - To bluff with a come hand that figures to win if it hits.
- CRYING CALL - A call made with little chance of ultimately winning, but marginally better than an immediate fold.
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