Poker Charity Event for Paralyzed Vets
Comedians attended a charity Celebrity event at Coors Field yesterday called “Poker at the Ballpark”, an event hosted by the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) as well as the Paralyzed Veterans of America. Actors Paul Rudd, Sarah Silverman and Seth Myers (who had taken a turn on the show Celebrity Poker Showdown) were in attendance, along with Ben Affleck. Pro poker players such as Erik Seidel, Barry Greenstein and Andy Bloch also joined in to help raise money, with all proceeds going to the Paralyzed Veterans of America…
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Poker slang:
- LOOSE - Playing more hands than the norm. Antonym: TIGHT.
- 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.
- DEAD MONEY - Money contributed to the pot by players who have folded.
- COMPUTER HAND - Texas Hold'em hole cards of Q-7 offsuit. More generically, any hand that computer analysis/simulation determines is positive but turns out to be difficult to play in practice.
- POCKET ROCKETS - In Hold'em, a pair of aces for hole cards.
- SHILL - A card room employee who plays with House money, and does not share in any of his (her) winnings or losses. Shills are used to facilitate starting games, and keeping them going. Compare: PROP.
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