Obama shows conservative side - playing at the poker table
DENVER - Obama isn’t one to take a risk.
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Poker glossary:
- DRAW OUT - To catch a card that improves your situation from a losing hand to a winning hand, especially when you beat someone holding a hand that usually figures to win.
- WHEEL - A-2-3-4-5. Usually discussed in the context of lowball where it is the best possible hand. Can also refer to a 5-high straight in high games. Also: BICYCLE.
- FLUSH - A poker hand consisting of five cards all one suit.
- IN - Still eligible to win the pot. "I'm in" is often spoken as one adds chips to the pot, calling.
- BIG SLICK - In Texas Hold'em, hole cards of A-K, suited or not.
- PASSED OUT. - A hand in which nobody opens. What happens next is a function of the game being played.
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