Poker Wars Prove Winner For Local Screenwriter

When local screenwriter Lisa Gold learned that her script The Poker Wars was one of 10 finalists for the prestigious Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowship Award, her phone started ringing off the hook.

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Useful poker terms:

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.
MILES OF BAD ROAD - Three of a kind. Prefixed with a number, 3*<N>, to indicate 3 <N>s. Thus "24 miles of bad road" is 3 eights, etc. (This obviously doesn't work for face cards.)
FAMILY POT - A pot where all of the players at the table are participating, even after each has had an opportunity to act.
FIXED LIMIT - A betting structure where the amount of each bet is a specific fixed quantity. Usually specified as A-B, where A is the amount to bet in the first few betting rounds and B (larger than A) is the amount bet in the later rounds. Related terms: FLAT LIMIT, NO LIMIT, POT LIMIT, SPREAD LIMIT.
STRAIGHT - A hand consisting of 5 cards in sequence but not in suit.
BLUFF - To make a bet or raise with a poor hand, in hope that the remaining active player(s) will fold.

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