Hockey players face off at charity poker
TORONTO, Canada - Some of the biggest names in the National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA) will try to outwit each other at the poker table - all in the name of charity - in the PartyPoker.net Charity Faceoff.
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Poker slang:
- LEAK - To show one's hole cards (often unknowingly).
- DRAWING DEAD - A draw in which it is impossible to obtain a winning hand for any of a variety of reasons: an opponent's hand is better than whatever you are drawing to, the card(s) that make your hand are out of play, or (in Hold'em) give an opponent a stronger hand even if it makes yours. Frequently used in the past tense, since one rarely knows it at the time.
- POCKET ROCKETS - In Hold'em, a pair of aces for hole cards.
- RACE - In tournaments it is sometimes convenient to remove all lower-denomination chips from play, as the remaining players' stacks tend to grow. Small chips are converted to larger chips and any odd chips are "raced off" in the following way: each player with odd chips places them in front of his stack and is dealt one card for each chip. Highest card (rank and suit) takes all the small chips and converts them to higher-denomination chips.
- IMPLIED ODDS - A refinement to POT ODDS which includes money not yet in the pot. Considers the potential extra bets and winnings made when a player forms a very good hand.
- TOP TWO PAIR - In flop games, having hole cards that make the highest possible two pair hand.
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