Top Athlete Plays in Vegas Poker Charity Event
Las Vegas is the scene for the 39th annual World Series of Poker currently running but there are more reasons to play poker in Sin City than gambling. The Ante Up for Africa event is organized by poker pro Annie Duke and Hollywood star Don Cheadle, and is drawing plenty of attention to the crisis in Darfur. One player who is signed up to participate some think should not is Charles Barkley, former NBA star who pledged to end his gambling ways…
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Poker lexicon:
- QUALIFIER - A minimum standard that a hand must meet in order to win. Usually applied to the lowball side of a high-low split pot.
- TELL - Any personal mannerisms that reveal the quality of one's hand. E.g., constantly looking at one's hole cards is often a tell of a poor hand. (Some players, knowing this, will at times check their hole cards when they have a great hand and don't need to look.)
- OPENER - The player who opens the betting, especially in draw poker. A hand may have no openers, in which case it is PASSED OUT, i.e., new hands are dealt.
- STUD - Any of several poker games in which some of each players' cards are exposed.
- FIFTH STREET - In stud poker, the fifth card to be dealt to each player. Sometimes used to refer to the last card dealt in Hold'em, although the more common term for this is RIVER (q.v.).
- UNDERDOG - Before all the cards are dealt, a hand that does not figure to be the winner. Ant: FAVORITE.
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