Bet on it: Poker event captures imagination
A fact: My poker knowledge is zilch. You say backdoor, and I look for a wing cutting to the basket for a layup. The river to me is a place to fish. Someone mentioned Pot-limit Omaha on Friday, and I wondered why the Rio had a shortage of ribeyes.
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Poker talk:
- DOYLE BRUNSON - In Hold'em, 10-2 in the hole. So named because Doyle Brunson won two straight WSOPs (q.v.) in 1975 and 1976 with 10-2 on the last hand. (Suited (spades) in 1975, unsuited in 1976).
- HOLE CARDS - In Stud and Hold'em, the face-down cards dealt to each player.
- STUD - Any of several poker games in which some of each players' cards are exposed.
- BAD-BEAT JACKPOT - In some cardrooms, a prize that is shared by the players in a game, when a very good hand (usually Aces full, or better) is beaten by a higher hand. Jackpots are usually financed by taking a drop ($1 is a common amount) from every pot. A typical division of the jackpot will give the losing hand 50 %, the winning hand 25 %, and the other players at the table share the remaining 25 % of the Jackpot.
- MIDDLE POSITION - Betting positions approximately halfway around the table from the first player to act.
- CASE - The fourth card of a particular rank, as in "he folded the case 9" when describing where all the 9s were in a hand. Comes from the game of Faro where an employee of the house, called the "case keeper". kept track of the number of each rank of card remaining.
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