Orlando Holdem Poker League
In Orlando, Florida, players are testing their skills at poker every night of the week, playing for points and a shot at a seat in the World Series of Poker, and they never have to risk a dime. They are playing in an amateur poker league called Orlando Holdem, which arranges with the owners of various bars and restaurants to host a night of Texas Holdem tournament poker. The outfit provides the tables, chips, cards and dealers, and the organization…
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Useful poker terms:
- NO-LIMIT POKER - A game where there is no maximum bet; a player can wager any amount (perhaps above some minimum) up to whatever money is on the table in front of him.
- ROLLED UP - In seven-card stud, being dealt three of a kind in the first three cards.
- DRAW - [1] A class of poker games characterized by players being dealt 5 cards face-down and later having the opportunity to replace some of the original 5. "Draw poker" and "Five-card draw" are examples of usage. [2] In stud and Hold'em games, the set of cards that will be dealt later can be collectively called "the draw". [3] To discard some number of cards and have dealt an equal number of replacements.
- COMMUNITY CARDS - Cards that are available for every player to use in making a hand. Usually dealt face up somewhere in the middle of the table.
- HOYLE - Edmund Hoyle (1769-?) was the authoritative source for rules of card games. Hoyle is to card rules as Webster is to word definitions.
- FLOORMAN - The casino representative in charge of the card room or a section of a card room. Arbitrates disputes when unusual events happen.

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