VERONA - HighHeelsPokerTour
The HHPT will sponsor ladies event no-limit hold ‘em on Saturday, Aug. 23 at noon. The buy-in for this event is $250. This event is part of the Empire State Poker Championships held yearly at Turning Stone.
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Poker jargon:
- FOURTH STREET - In stud poker, the fourth card dealt to each player. Sometimes used to refer to the fourth community card dealt in Hold'em, although the more common term for this is TURN (q.v.).
- 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.
- DEAD MAN'S HAND - Generically: two pair, aces and eights. Specifically: the black aces, black eights and nine of diamonds. The hand Wild Bill Hickok was holding when he was shot to death.
- TRIP - Three of a specific kind, as in "Trip sixes".
- FIXED LIMIT - A betting structure where the amount of each bet is a specific fixed quantity. Usually specified as A-B, where A is the amount to bet in the first few betting rounds and B (larger than A) is the amount bet in the later rounds. Related terms: FLAT LIMIT, NO LIMIT, POT LIMIT, SPREAD LIMIT.
- OPENERS - Cards in a hand that qualify a player to open the betting.
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