Politics and Poker: Online Again in 2010?
Remember ABC’s ‘Schoolhouse Rock’ and its musical segment, ‘I’m Just a Bill,’ showing how a bill becomes law? It was three minutes of Disney genius…
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Casino poker language:
- STAKE - The amount of a player's BUY-IN, or the amount of money they are willing to play with in a given session. Compare: BANKROLL.
- COMMUNITY CARDS - Cards that are available for every player to use in making a hand. Usually dealt face up somewhere in the middle of the table.
- TOURNAMENT - A highly structured game involving potentially dozens of tables where all participants pay an entry fee and obtain a fixed number of chips. Once a tournament has started, additional players may not enter. As the game progresses players bust out and are eliminated until only one winner remains.
- BICYCLE - The best possible low hand: A-2-3-4-5. More common term: WHEEL.
- PAY OFF - Calling a bet with little expectation of winning, unless the opponent is bluffing.
- BARN - A FULL HOUSE, three of a kind and a pair.
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