Boaters gather at highport marina following a deadly speedboat accident during a poker run on lake texoma on saturday
A high-speed collision between two jet boats on Lake Texoma killed five people and injured another Saturday afternoon. About 2:30 p.m., during a Poker Run on the lake, the two boats collided near the U.S. Highway 377 bridge and the Juniper Point area.
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Poker slang:
- 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.
- REBUY - [1] To purchase additional chips after an initial buy-in, usually after losing most or all of the previous buy-in. This term is most often used in certain tournaments where if one loses all one's chips, or falls below a certain minimum chip level, for an additional sum of money one can purchase a fixed amount of additional tournament chips. Usually there is a time limit (The "REBUY PERIOD") as to how long rebuys are allowed. [2] The additional chips "rebought" in tournament play.
- FREEROLL - [1] A poker tournament that does not charge a buy-in fee; players must earn buy-in credits through previous play at the same establishment. [2] Having a lock on part of a pot (sure to win a greater fraction of the pot than one is betting) and playing to win more or all of it.
- HOYLE - Edmund Hoyle (1769-?) was the authoritative source for rules of card games. Hoyle is to card rules as Webster is to word definitions.
- BAD GAME - Any game in which you figure to be the loser, because the other players are better than you.
- DEAD MONEY - Money contributed to the pot by players who have folded.

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