Poker Advocates Deal to Their Right
Poker is going head to head with religion at this weekend’s Conservative Political Action Conference. For the first time, the superstars of the pro card-playing circuit have a booth at the annual gathering.
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Poker lingo:
- CAP - To cap the betting is to make the last permitted raise in a round.
- FIXED LIMIT - A betting structure where the amount of each bet is a specific fixed quantity. Usually specified as A-B, where A is the amount to bet in the first few betting rounds and B (larger than A) is the amount bet in the later rounds. Related terms: FLAT LIMIT, NO LIMIT, POT LIMIT, SPREAD LIMIT.
- WIRED [PAIR] - A pair in the hole. In 5-card stud, a door card that pairs the hole card.
- POCKET PAIR - Generic Hold'em term for 2 hole cards of the same rank.
- SPREAD LIMIT - A variation on fixed limit wherein the minimum and maximum bets are different. A 1-4-8 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds and 1-8 in the last round. A 1-4-8-16 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds, 1 to 8 in the next-to-last round, and 1 to 16 in the last round.
- BIG BOBTAIL - An open-ended 4-card straight flush.
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