Charity Poker Tourney Pulls Filmmakers, Actors in to Play
The Lucky Buck Card Room in Livermore was the setting, and some hundred poker players provided the cast for a celebrity poker tournament set right before the kick off to the five-day California Independent Film Festival. Attendees included Clint Howard, Edward Kerr, Kathy Wagner, Jeff Morris, A.J. Buckley, Susan Ruttan, who was made famous for her role as the legal secretary on TV’s L.A…
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Poker lingo:
- LAY ODDS - To give favorable odds to an opponent.
- LIVE BLIND - The last and largest blind bet may or may not be LIVE. If LIVE, the blind bettor has the option of "raising" his own blind in the event the bet is called around to him. This is normal, and is sometimes referred to as "blinds are live".
- STACKED [DECK] - A deck that has been arranged to give one player a huge advantage. Also: RIGGED.
- 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.
- BELLY BUSTER - An inside straight draw. Same as GUTSHOT.
- FOURTH STREET - In stud poker, the fourth card dealt to each player. Sometimes used to refer to the fourth community card dealt in Hold'em, although the more common term for this is TURN (q.v.).
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