Soccer Truth & Rumors: Dec. 18, 2006
The signing of Boca Juniors’ coveted holding midfielder Fernando Gago for Real Madrid is entering a poker phase as Calderón’s Real Madrid won’t budge above a ceiling of 17 million Euros for the player while Macri’s Boca is demanding 22 million or no deal. — Goal.com
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Poker lexicon:
- BICYCLE - The best possible low hand: A-2-3-4-5. More common term: WHEEL.
- STACKED [DECK] - A deck that has been arranged to give one player a huge advantage. Also: RIGGED.
- STRAIGHT FLUSH - A hand consisting of 5 cards in sequence and the same suit.
- TRIPS - Three of a kind. In Hold'em the term SET is used when two of the three cards are hole cards.
- POCKET PAIR - Generic Hold'em term for 2 hole cards of the same rank.
- POSSIBLE [STRAIGHT/FLUSH] - Up cards that quite possibly could lead to a straight and/or a flush.
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