Children winners of Poker Run
More than 300 motorcycle riders cruised 76 miles from Warwick, R.I., to Excalibur Powersports in Plainfield in the first annual Poker Run to benefit 76 children who lost their parents in The Station nightclub fire of 2003.
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Poker slang:
- BIG BOBTAIL - An open-ended 4-card straight flush.
- PAY OFF - Calling a bet with little expectation of winning, unless the opponent is bluffing.
- OPENER - The player who opens the betting, especially in draw poker. A hand may have no openers, in which case it is PASSED OUT, i.e., new hands are dealt.
- LAY ODDS - To give favorable odds to an opponent.
- NUT / NUTS - The best possible hand of a given class. Not a LOCK unless all cards have been dealt. The "nut flush" is the highest possible flush, but might still lose to, e.g., a full house. Usually used in Hold'em games.
- SPREAD LIMIT - A variation on fixed limit wherein the minimum and maximum bets are different. A 1-4-8 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds and 1-8 in the last round. A 1-4-8-16 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds, 1 to 8 in the next-to-last round, and 1 to 16 in the last round.
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