Poker room benefits local charities
GAYLORD — The Gaylord Poker Room, featuring black jack, poker and Texas Holdem poker, opened Thursday at the Best Western Alpine Lodge.
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Poker jargon:
- BIG BOBTAIL - An open-ended 4-card straight flush.
- NICKEL - Five dollars, usually represented by a red casino check.
- WORLD SERIES OF POKER - A series of several different poker games with relatively large buy-ins, culminating in a $10,000 buy-in no-limit Hold'em tournament, the winner of which is crowned the World Poker Champion. Sponsored by Binion's Horseshoe Club in Las Vegas.
- HOOK - A Jack. So named because the "J" resembles a hook.
- BACK DOOR - Applies to a hand that was made in the last card or two, specifically not a hand the player was originally planning on having. Most often applied to straights and flushes.
- INSIDE STRAIGHT - Four cards to a straight, where only one rank will complete the hand. E.g., 4-5-6-8 is an inside straight since only a 7 will fill (i.e., complete) the hand. Often called a GUT-SHOT. Compare: BOBTAIL STRAIGHT, OPEN-ENDED STRAIGHT.
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