Stars Become Poker Addicts
Everyone needs a hobby, and the stars of Hollywood are no exception. It seems that the favorite pass time of stars these days is the same favorite pass time of everyone else: poker. Just like everyone else, some stars are good at the game, and some are regular stinkers…
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Poker dictionary:
- BACK DOOR - Applies to a hand that was made in the last card or two, specifically not a hand the player was originally planning on having. Most often applied to straights and flushes.
- HIT - To make a hand or catch a card or cards that improves one's hand. "I hit a gut-shot draw on the river."
- HOLE CARDS - In Stud and Hold'em, the face-down cards dealt to each player.
- STRING BET - An unethical and often illegal means of raising whereby a player puts a call-size stack of chips into the pot and, after observing the reactions of the players, then goes back to his stack and puts out more, thus raising.
- FIFTH STREET - In stud poker, the fifth card to be dealt to each player. Sometimes used to refer to the last card dealt in Hold'em, although the more common term for this is RIVER (q.v.).
- CARDS SPEAK - Winner(s) of the hand are determined by turning their cards face up, the best hand(s) wins (no declaration).
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