Students design poker table for fundraiser
PLATTEVILLE University of Wisconsin-Platteville industrial studies technical education students Norm Hippert, Adam Svatek and Joe Gruentzel collaborated to design and build a poker table for a fundraiser held at Marquette University to benefit the Nativity Jesuit Middle School in Milwaukee. Part of a larger auction, the UWP poker table raised $600 for the middle school.Save
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Poker glossary:
- SUICIDE KING - King of Hearts. So named because in the drawing the king appears to be stabbing himself in the head.
- WORLD SERIES OF POKER - A series of several different poker games with relatively large buy-ins, culminating in a $10,000 buy-in no-limit Hold'em tournament, the winner of which is crowned the World Poker Champion. Sponsored by Binion's Horseshoe Club in Las Vegas.
- FORCED BET - In some stud games a player may be required to make a bet to start the action on the first card. This is similar conceptually to blinds and antes, but in this case is dependent on the cards shown rather than player position. Usually the weakest hand is forced to bet.
- BIG BOBTAIL - An open-ended 4-card straight flush.
- BIG SLICK - In Texas Hold'em, hole cards of A-K, suited or not.
- SIXTH STREET - The sixth card dealt in 7-card stud.
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