Lighten Up Le Mars ‘ups the ante’ with Poker Walk
It was definitely a “full house” when participants of the 2007 “Lighter Up Le Mars” challenge held a “Poker Walk” Thursday. Over the past four months, 55 local teams were “upping the ante” when it came to making healthier lifestyles choices.
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Poker jargon:
- 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.
- WALK - A pot won by the last blind when no one opens.
- LOOSE - Playing more hands than the norm. Antonym: TIGHT.
- CUT - To break the deck into 2 stacks of at least 5 cards each. Usually performed by the player to the dealer's right to insure that the the deck is not stacked.
- MIDDLE POSITION - Betting positions approximately halfway around the table from the first player to act.
- FREEZE-OUT - A table-stakes game that continues until a small number of players (possibly only one) has all the money. The major event in The World Series of Poker is a freeze-out game.
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