Around Town: Poker run fundraiser
A downtown poker run to benefit the Children’s Hospital Central California will be hosted by Del Corazon Guild from 4 to 8 p.m. on Oct. 9 starting at Fernando’s Bistro. All officials scorecards must be turned in by 7:30 p.m. Stores will be open late and have special deals for everyone. Cost is $20. For more information, call (209) 383-3303.
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Poker lexicon:
- BAD GAME - Any game in which you figure to be the loser, because the other players are better than you.
- TRIPS - Three of a kind. In Hold'em the term SET is used when two of the three cards are hole cards.
- HOOK - A Jack. So named because the "J" resembles a hook.
- IMPLIED ODDS - A refinement to POT ODDS which includes money not yet in the pot. Considers the potential extra bets and winnings made when a player forms a very good hand.
- 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.
- OPEN - Make the first bet in a hand, especially in draw poker.
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