Poker Fundraiser Sucks
When Australian cricketer Shane Warne co-organized a high profile poker party in order to raise funds, the idea was to send the money to the Shane Warne Foundation and Ecology Grants. The funds, coming close to $500,000 thanks to $25,000 per person tickets (paid by the likes of actor Hugh Grant and pop singer Sting), have allegedly found their way to the Conservative Party. It turns out that the Ecology Grants organization was founded by Conservative leader David Cameron, supposedly to develop political policies for the Conservative Party…
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Poker glossary:
- BET FOR VALUE - Betting a hand that, in the long run, is expected to win more than it loses. Antonym: BLUFF.
- GOOD GAME - A game with players worse than you so that you can expect to win a lot of money.
- FILL - To draw a card that makes a five-card hand (straight, flush, full house, straight flush).
- STAND OFF - To call a raise. "Opener raises, I stand off".
- WALK - A pot won by the last blind when no one opens.
- OPEN - Make the first bet in a hand, especially in draw poker.
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