Binion’s Announces Second Annual Binion’s Poker Classic
The downtown Las Vegas landmark Binion’s, long the home of the World Series of Poker (when it was known as Binion’s Horseshoe), will join a crowded poker summer scene in Vegas with the announced return of the Binion’s Poker Classic…
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Poker lingo:
- LOCK - A hand that cannot be beat under any circumstances. Also: NUTS.
- NICKEL - Five dollars, usually represented by a red casino check.
- 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.
- FULL OF - Describes a full house. "Fives full of queens" is 5-5-5-Q-Q.
- POCKET PAIR - Generic Hold'em term for 2 hole cards of the same rank.
- RAISE - To wager more than the minimum required to call, forcing other players to put in more money as well.
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