All In for an All-out Effort with ‘Bad Beat on Cancer’
The 4th Annual Bad Beat on Cancer Texas Hold’em Poker Tournament was held on May 6, 2008, in Washington, D.C., and raised more than $300,000 for the Prevent Cancer Foundation (formerly the Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation)…
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Poker glossary:
- CARDS SPEAK - Winner(s) of the hand are determined by turning their cards face up, the best hand(s) wins (no declaration).
- OFFSUIT - Not of the same suit. "I held A-Q offsuit" or "The flop was 10-6-2 offsuit". When speaking of 5 or more cards, not all/ of the same suit, i.e., no flush, as in "button had A-K-10-8-7 offsuit."
- BELLY BUSTER - An inside straight draw. Same as GUTSHOT.
- IN - Still eligible to win the pot. "I'm in" is often spoken as one adds chips to the pot, calling.
- REPRESENT - Implying, by one's betting style, that one has a particular hand.
- PASSED OUT. - A hand in which nobody opens. What happens next is a function of the game being played.
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