Poker begins tomorrow at W.Va. racetracks

Poker buffs will be able to start playing tomorrow at two West Virginia racetrack casinos.

LEAK - To show one's hole cards (often unknowingly).
GOOD GAME - A game with players worse than you so that you can expect to win a lot of money.
KICKER - In hands containing pairs and trips, the highest card not matched. In draw games, sometimes a card kept for deception purposes.
RACE - In tournaments it is sometimes convenient to remove all lower-denomination chips from play, as the remaining players' stacks tend to grow. Small chips are converted to larger chips and any odd chips are "raced off" in the following way: each player with odd chips places them in front of his stack and is dealt one card for each chip. Highest card (rank and suit) takes all the small chips and converts them to higher-denomination chips.
BIG BLIND - A blind bet, usually a raise of an earlier blind which would be called the SMALL BLIND. In limit poker, the BIG BLIND is usually the size of the minimum bet on the first round of betting.
OVERPAIR - In Hold'em, a pair in the hole that is larger than any community card on the board.

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