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 talk:
- POSITION - One's location in the betting sequence, relative to the players still in the hand. First position is first to act.
- FIXED LIMIT - A betting structure where the amount of each bet is a specific fixed quantity. Usually specified as A-B, where A is the amount to bet in the first few betting rounds and B (larger than A) is the amount bet in the later rounds. Related terms: FLAT LIMIT, NO LIMIT, POT LIMIT, SPREAD LIMIT.
- WHEEL - A-2-3-4-5. Usually discussed in the context of lowball where it is the best possible hand. Can also refer to a 5-high straight in high games. Also: BICYCLE.
- WHITE BLACKBIRD - A hand so astonishingly rare as to be unworthy of the opponents' consideration, e.g., being dealt a pat royal flush in 5-card draw.
- POCKET ROCKETS - In Hold'em, a pair of aces for hole cards.
- MUCK - [1] A collection of face-down cards near the dealer composed of discards, i.e., folded hands, burns and discards for drawing purposes. [2] To throw one's cards into the muck, thus folding.

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