Poker Movie Review: ‘The Grand’
When any big movement happens in pop culture, you can expect movies that base their story on or around this movement. Producers and studios see a trend, and they often look to cash in on this trend at the box office. The ‘Grunge’ music…
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Poker glossary:
- LATE BLIND - In addition to "regular" blinds, some games allow a player (particularly a new one) to post a blind bet in return for the right to enter the game immediately and act last on the first betting round. The amount of the blind is determined by house rules, usually somewhere between the last blind and double the last blind. It is frequently a LIVE BLIND.
- OVERCALL - To call a bet after one or more players already called.
- TRIP - Three of a specific kind, as in "Trip sixes".
- LOWBALL - Generic term for poker where the lowest hand wins.
- OVER - A term used in describing two pair or a full house. "Kings over tens" means two pair, kings and tens. "Jacks over", also "Jacks up" describes a hand that is two pair: Jacks with an unspecified lower pair. Also used to describe a full house, distinguishing the three of a kind from the pair. The hand J-J-J-A-A could be described as "Full house, Jacks over Aces".
- RUNNER-RUNNER - A hand made using both of the last two cards dealt.
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