The Year in Poker: November, 2008
November capped an incredible fall run of poker news with perhaps the biggest story of the entire year, when Denmark’s Peter Eastgate returned to the Rio to capture the WSOP’s Main Event. It was one of several huge tournaments…
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Poker dictionary:
- FULL HOUSE - A hand consisting of 3-of-a-kind and a (different) pair.
- 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.
- ROYAL FLUSH - An ace-high straight flush, the best possible hand in regular poker.
- SPLIT [THE POT] - To split the pot between two or more players. Related term: QUARTER.
- FREE CARD - A card dealt after all players checked in a betting round.
- STRAIGHT - A hand consisting of 5 cards in sequence but not in suit.
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