Harrah’s New Orleans Hosts Bravo’s Celebrity Poker Showdown
LAS VEGAS — (PRESS RELEASE) — The NBC cable network Bravo begins taping today the new season of its hit series “Celebrity Poker Showdown” at Harrah’s New Orleans and announced plans to donate $1 million to charities benefiting victims of Hurricane Katrina, Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:HET) and Bravo announced today.
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Poker glossary:
- 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.".
- DEAD MAN'S HAND - Generically: two pair, aces and eights. Specifically: the black aces, black eights and nine of diamonds. The hand Wild Bill Hickok was holding when he was shot to death.
- FACE CARD - A jack, queen or king (a card with a face on it, not joker).
- WORLD SERIES OF POKER - A series of several different poker games with relatively large buy-ins, culminating in a $10,000 buy-in no-limit Hold'em tournament, the winner of which is crowned the World Poker Champion. Sponsored by Binion's Horseshoe Club in Las Vegas.
- LIVE [CARD] - In Stud, a card probably not held by other players.
- RAINBOW - In flop games, a flop in which no two cards are of the same suit. "The flop was A 9 7 rainbow."
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