Seares: Poker in the city: Who has top hand?
HOW did Cebu City councilors feel when a company named Straightflush Corp. told them in writing it would hold poker games in the city under a Pagcor franchise and was seeking the City Council’s consent not because it was required by law but “out of courtesy and respect”?
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Poker terminology:
- 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.
- ROYAL FLUSH - An ace-high straight flush, the best possible hand in regular poker.
- LITTLE SLICK - In Hold'em, hole cards of A-2, suited or not.
- 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.
- LIVE BLIND - The last and largest blind bet may or may not be LIVE. If LIVE, the blind bettor has the option of "raising" his own blind in the event the bet is called around to him. This is normal, and is sometimes referred to as "blinds are live".
- TOP TWO PAIR - In flop games, having hole cards that make the highest possible two pair hand.
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