Poker Trips Offered Via Travel Agencies
Poker has become part of the everyday world in the last few years, and further evidence of that comes from the inclusion of poker trips in the travel agents’ offerings. Travel advisory websites have taken to including information about trips that include poker tournaments, such as the World Poker Tour and their many trips to the Bahamas during a regular season. In addition to flying out to an exotic locale and taking part in tournaments, there are also poker cruises to chose from, such as the upcoming Ladbrokes Poker Cruise leaving from New York in January - but you have plenty of time to plan for that one, as it does not leave until January of 2008.
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- LOCK - A hand that cannot be beat under any circumstances. Also: NUTS.
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- FIXED LIMIT - A betting structure where the amount of each bet is a specific fixed quantity. Usually specified as A-B, where A is the amount to bet in the first few betting rounds and B (larger than A) is the amount bet in the later rounds. Related terms: FLAT LIMIT, NO LIMIT, POT LIMIT, SPREAD LIMIT.
- ASSAULT RIFLE - In Omaha, hole cards that are A-K-4-7 of any suit(s).
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- LAY ODDS - To give favorable odds to an opponent.

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