A personal look at the candidates
The lineup of presidential candidates includes a hotshot poker player, impersonators of the famous and infamous, an aspiring center fielder for the New York Yankees and a guy who’s been too busy to take his Christmas lights down.
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Useful poker terms:
- FULL OF - Describes a full house. "Fives full of queens" is 5-5-5-Q-Q.
- FIFTH STREET - In stud poker, the fifth card to be dealt to each player. Sometimes used to refer to the last card dealt in Hold'em, although the more common term for this is RIVER (q.v.).
- ROYAL FLUSH - An ace-high straight flush, the best possible hand in regular poker.
- BAD GAME - Any game in which you figure to be the loser, because the other players are better than you.
- DECLARE - In high/low games, declaring one's hand as high or low or both ways (usually done with chips in hand). Usually played in home games; casinos tend to play CARDS SPEAK.
- OVERCALL - To call a bet after one or more players already called.
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