Poker club gambles on its licence
Europe’s biggest poker club may be set up in Nottingham.
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Poker lingo:
- DOOR [CARD] - A player's first upcard in stud games.
- 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.
- HIGH-LOW SPLIT - Forms of poker in which the pot is split between the best hand and best lowball hand.
- LOOSE - Playing more hands than the norm. Antonym: TIGHT.
- REPRESENT - Implying, by one's betting style, that one has a particular hand.
- POT - The total amount of money bet so far in a hand.

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