Inaugural Cory Lidle Memorial Poker Tournament
CALIFORNIA — (PRESS RELEASE) — New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle spent countless hours during the past two years planning and hosting poker tournament fundraisers for the Make-A-Wish Foundation, his charity of choice, before his untimely death on October 11, 2006.
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Poker dictionary:
- WHEEL - A-2-3-4-5. Usually discussed in the context of lowball where it is the best possible hand. Can also refer to a 5-high straight in high games. Also: BICYCLE.
- BIG BLIND - A blind bet, usually a raise of an earlier blind which would be called the SMALL BLIND. In limit poker, the BIG BLIND is usually the size of the minimum bet on the first round of betting.
- SIDE POT - When an active player runs out of money during the course of a hand, the remaining players participate in a second or SIDE POT for the rest of the hand. Additional side pots are possible if several players run out of money at different points in a hand.
- MARKED CARDS - Cards that have been (illegally) altered so that their value can be read from the back.
- FAMILY POT - A pot where all of the players at the table are participating, even after each has had an opportunity to act.
- EXPECTATION - The long-run [dis-]advantage of a given situation, specifically without reference to any particular outcome. I.e., what you figure to win [lose] on average after a large number of repetitions of the same situation.
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