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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Useful poker terms:
- STRAIGHT FLUSH - A hand consisting of 5 cards in sequence and the same suit.
- SPLIT [THE POT] - To split the pot between two or more players. Related term: QUARTER.
- RACE - In tournaments it is sometimes convenient to remove all lower-denomination chips from play, as the remaining players' stacks tend to grow. Small chips are converted to larger chips and any odd chips are "raced off" in the following way: each player with odd chips places them in front of his stack and is dealt one card for each chip. Highest card (rank and suit) takes all the small chips and converts them to higher-denomination chips.
- DEALER'S CHOICE - In home games, a rule that permits the dealer to name which poker game to be played that hand. Often limited to selecting from a list provided.
- TURN - The fourth community card in Hold'em.
- LOOSE - Playing more hands than the norm. Antonym: TIGHT.
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