‘Duchess of Poker’ Annie Duke to be queen of clubs
Annie Duke is best known as a professional poker player, but if her social calendar gets much busier she might need to add socialite to her list of titles.
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Poker jargon:
- WORLD SERIES OF POKER - A series of several different poker games with relatively large buy-ins, culminating in a $10,000 buy-in no-limit Hold'em tournament, the winner of which is crowned the World Poker Champion. Sponsored by Binion's Horseshoe Club in Las Vegas.
- HIT - To make a hand or catch a card or cards that improves one's hand. "I hit a gut-shot draw on the river."
- LEAK - To show one's hole cards (often unknowingly).
- FREEZE-OUT - A table-stakes game that continues until a small number of players (possibly only one) has all the money. The major event in The World Series of Poker is a freeze-out game.
- FOURTH STREET - In stud poker, the fourth card dealt to each player. Sometimes used to refer to the fourth community card dealt in Hold'em, although the more common term for this is TURN (q.v.).
- MANIAC - A player who bets, raises and reraises without regard to the quality of his hand. Most often found in flop games.
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