Mansion Poker Adds a Quarter Million
In the upcoming month of December, many are looking forward to Christmas, but for Mansion Poker players Christmas is coming earlier than the end of the month. For the month of December Mansion will be launching its $250 000 Added Tournament Series. As the name implies, a quarter million will be added to the prize pools of events from December 4th through December 31st…
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Poker lexicon:
- OPEN-HANDED - A category of games characterized by a part of each player's hand being exposed.
- DEAD MAN'S HAND - Generically: two pair, aces and eights. Specifically: the black aces, black eights and nine of diamonds. The hand Wild Bill Hickok was holding when he was shot to death.
- ONE-EYED - The jack of hearts, jack of spades or king of diamonds. So named because the characters are drawn in profile, thus showing only one eye.
- NUT / NUTS - The best possible hand of a given class. Not a LOCK unless all cards have been dealt. The "nut flush" is the highest possible flush, but might still lose to, e.g., a full house. Usually used in Hold'em games.
- FIRE - To make the first bet in a betting round. Used to emphasize that the player bet when a check was possible, showing strength.
- DRAW - [1] A class of poker games characterized by players being dealt 5 cards face-down and later having the opportunity to replace some of the original 5. "Draw poker" and "Five-card draw" are examples of usage. [2] In stud and Hold'em games, the set of cards that will be dealt later can be collectively called "the draw". [3] To discard some number of cards and have dealt an equal number of replacements.

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