Card sharks to battle poker-playing computer
NEW YORK — Poker champion Phil Laak has a good chance of winning when he sits down this week to play 2,000 hands of Texas Hold’em — against a computer. It may be the last chance he gets. Computers…
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Casino poker language:
- STUD - Any of several poker games in which some of each players' cards are exposed.
- MIDDLE POSITION - Betting positions approximately halfway around the table from the first player to act.
- BAD-BEAT JACKPOT - In some cardrooms, a prize that is shared by the players in a game, when a very good hand (usually Aces full, or better) is beaten by a higher hand. Jackpots are usually financed by taking a drop ($1 is a common amount) from every pot. A typical division of the jackpot will give the losing hand 50 %, the winning hand 25 %, and the other players at the table share the remaining 25 % of the Jackpot.
- GOOD GAME - A game with players worse than you so that you can expect to win a lot of money.
- POCKET ROCKETS - In Hold'em, a pair of aces for hole cards.
- BICYCLE - The best possible low hand: A-2-3-4-5. More common term: WHEEL.
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