Put on your poker face: ‘Grand’ not the best gamble
With the popularity of televised poker, it was probably inevitable that someone would seize on the phenomenon for film comedy. That someone is director Zak Penn (Incident at Loch Ness) who enlisted the aid of such funny folks as Woody Harrelson, Cheryl Hines and Ray Romano in a mockumentary of the quasi-sport, The Grand.
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Useful poker terms:
- ANTE - A small bet all players are required to make before a hand is dealt. Not all games have an ante. Related terms: BLIND, FORCED BET.
- FOUR OF A KIND - A hand containing all four cards of the same rank.
- CUT - To break the deck into 2 stacks of at least 5 cards each. Usually performed by the player to the dealer's right to insure that the the deck is not stacked.
- WHEEL - A-2-3-4-5. Usually discussed in the context of lowball where it is the best possible hand. Can also refer to a 5-high straight in high games. Also: BICYCLE.
- RAINBOW - In flop games, a flop in which no two cards are of the same suit. "The flop was A 9 7 rainbow."
- THIRD STREET - In Stud, the third card dealt to each player.
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