$1 Million Asian Poker Classic Announced
September 29 - It has been announced India will host the first ever $1 million Asian Poker Classic no-limit Hold’em event in a move to showcase gambling and poker to the relatively untapped Asian market.
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Poker jargon:
- NICKEL - Five dollars, usually represented by a red casino check.
- INSIDE STRAIGHT - Four cards to a straight, where only one rank will complete the hand. E.g., 4-5-6-8 is an inside straight since only a 7 will fill (i.e., complete) the hand. Often called a GUT-SHOT. Compare: BOBTAIL STRAIGHT, OPEN-ENDED STRAIGHT.
- OVERPAIR - In Hold'em, a pair in the hole that is larger than any community card on the board.
- READ - To determine whether an opponent has a good, medium or bad hand by observing his personal behavior. An inexact science.
- HOYLE - Edmund Hoyle (1769-?) was the authoritative source for rules of card games. Hoyle is to card rules as Webster is to word definitions.
- BRODERICK CRAWFORD - In Hold'em, hole cards of 10-4. From the 1950s TV series "Highway Patrol", starring Broderick Crawford.
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