That Poker Dude - Mar. 4

This week, in the poker world, there was an unusual melding of the worlds of celebrity and professional poker players.

FLAT CALL - To call a bet. Emphasizes that the caller did not raise.
WHITE BLACKBIRD - A hand so astonishingly rare as to be unworthy of the opponents' consideration, e.g., being dealt a pat royal flush in 5-card draw.
SET - In Hold'em, three of a kind where two of the cards are hole cards.
TABLE STAKES - A standard rule whereby during a hand players can only bet the money they have on the table. If the bet to a player is more than the player's stack, that player may call with all his chips and be eligible to win only that portion of the pot he contributed to equally. A side pot is created, for which only the remaining players may compete.
OPENER - The player who opens the betting, especially in draw poker. A hand may have no openers, in which case it is PASSED OUT, i.e., new hands are dealt.
SEVENTH STREET - The seventh card dealt in 7-card stud.

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