Pokers diamond in the rough?
With many of pokers most recognizable figures packed into a relatively small space, this weekends National Heads-Up Poker Championship commands perhaps the most star power in the game.
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Poker slang:
- KICKER - In hands containing pairs and trips, the highest card not matched. In draw games, sometimes a card kept for deception purposes.
- BAD GAME - Any game in which you figure to be the loser, because the other players are better than you.
- FOLD - To decline to call a bet, thus dropping out of a hand.
- 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.
- RING GAME - A standard game where players can come and go as they choose. The opposite of TOURNAMENT.
- WHEEL - A-2-3-4-5. Usually discussed in the context of lowball where it is the best possible hand. Can also refer to a 5-high straight in high games. Also: BICYCLE.
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