Vets’ poker big hit
Gamble for charity pays off … Organizers and participants of Winnipeg’s first licensed poker tournament outside a casino are “all in” on the possibility of the game becoming a regular fundraiser in Manitoba.
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Poker argot:
- BOAT - A FULL HOUSE, three of a kind and a pair.
- CALLER - One who calls. Sometimes used collectively, as in "3 callers".
- 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.
- SIDE POT - When an active player runs out of money during the course of a hand, the remaining players participate in a second or SIDE POT for the rest of the hand. Additional side pots are possible if several players run out of money at different points in a hand.
- SET - In Hold'em, three of a kind where two of the cards are hole cards.
- SPLIT [OPENERS] - In draw poker, to discard one or more openers, usually to draw to a straight or flush. Normally requires the opener to declare the act and retain the discards so that the act of opening can later be validated.
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