Society calendar | Jan. 25

ALL IN FOR A CURE, the 2009 Brady Stanton Memorial Texas Hold ’Em Tourney and Bash, a benefit for the KU Cancer Center and Pancreatic Cancer Research. Poker tournament at 810 Zone on the Plaza, followed by a “poker draft” and the final table playing at the evening party at Drexel Hall, featuring food, auctions and entertainment. 913-488-4430.

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Poker dictionary:

RAINBOW - In flop games, a flop in which no two cards are of the same suit. "The flop was A 9 7 rainbow."
ROYAL FLUSH - An ace-high straight flush, the best possible hand in regular poker.
DRAW - [1] A class of poker games characterized by players being dealt 5 cards face-down and later having the opportunity to replace some of the original 5. "Draw poker" and "Five-card draw" are examples of usage. [2] In stud and Hold'em games, the set of cards that will be dealt later can be collectively called "the draw". [3] To discard some number of cards and have dealt an equal number of replacements.
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.
FAVORITE - Before all the cards are dealt, a hand that figures to be the winner. Ant: UNDERDOG.
HOLE CARDS - In Stud and Hold'em, the face-down cards dealt to each player.

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