Poker tourney hopes to win with full house
The Ahwatukee Swim & Tennis Center staff hopes to get a full house at a poker fund-raiser at 7 p.m. April 21 to pay for park improvements and a new shade structure at the center’s pool.
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Useful poker terms:
- OUT - [1] A card that will improve your hand, often substantially. A hand with many OUTS is preferable to a hand with only 1 or 2. [2] Folded, ineligible to bet or win this hand. "I'm out" is often a synonym for "I fold".
- POT - The total amount of money bet so far in a hand.
- DRAW OUT - To catch a card that improves your situation from a losing hand to a winning hand, especially when you beat someone holding a hand that usually figures to win.
- NICKEL - Five dollars, usually represented by a red casino check.
- BRODERICK CRAWFORD - In Hold'em, hole cards of 10-4. From the 1950s TV series "Highway Patrol", starring Broderick Crawford.
- FORCED BET - In some stud games a player may be required to make a bet to start the action on the first card. This is similar conceptually to blinds and antes, but in this case is dependent on the cards shown rather than player position. Usually the weakest hand is forced to bet.
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