Poker Play Brings Gambling to Theater
Playing through the 2nd week in April is a play that brings the chancier elements of poker and gamely addiction to the board’s with a script titled Dealer’s Choice. Directed by Paul Tei, the play boasts only six actors who offer a drama centering around the themes of dreaming, risking, and the destructive forces of lying to yourself.
Set in a restaurant in the outskirts of London, and overnight poker game provides the atmosphere for the characters to explore family ties, friendship, in the dreams of becoming a professional poker player. With poker movies beginning filming soon, and poker TV shows still birthing practically every month, the addition of a play based on poker is a welcome break from the ordinary….
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Poker argot:
- FLOP GAME - Any of a number of poker games where a flop is dealt.
- SEMI-BLUFF - To bluff with a come hand that figures to win if it hits.
- LITTLE SLICK - In Hold'em, hole cards of A-2, suited or not.
- OVERCALL - To call a bet after one or more players already called.
- IMPLIED ODDS - A refinement to POT ODDS which includes money not yet in the pot. Considers the potential extra bets and winnings made when a player forms a very good hand.
- TOP PAIR - In flop games, having a hole card that matches the highest card on the board.
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