Register Online For The SKYCITY Festival Of Poker
This October expect to see the City of Sails set alight with poker fever, as the SKYCITY Festival of Poker kicks off.
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Poker jargon:
- 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.
- CHECK RAISE - To check initially, then raise a bet made later on in the same betting round. Frequently a sign of strength, but may be a bluff.
- WALK - A pot won by the last blind when no one opens.
- STAND OFF - To call a raise. "Opener raises, I stand off".
- 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.
- STRAIGHT - A hand consisting of 5 cards in sequence but not in suit.
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