Rugby: Poker-faced coach keeping aces up his sleeve
AUCKLAND: After successfully bluffing the All Blacks in Sydney, Robbie Deans was not about to drop his poker face on the eve of a seminal moment in his coaching career.
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Poker terminology:
- OPENERS - Cards in a hand that qualify a player to open the betting.
- RAISE - To wager more than the minimum required to call, forcing other players to put in more money as well.
- SHORT-STACKED - Playing with a only a small amount of money, thus limiting one's risk and reward.
- RIVER - The last card dealt in a hand of stud or Hold'em.
- HOOK - A Jack. So named because the "J" resembles a hook.
- MIDDLE POSITION - Betting positions approximately halfway around the table from the first player to act.
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