Big House Poker Room rakes in $150,000 for area charities in first year
Bay City businessman Arthur P. Dore is known for making money, but his charity poker room is earning cash for others. As the Big House Poker Room celebrates its one-year anniversary, Dore says local charities have raised more than $150,000…
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Useful poker terms:
- BAD GAME - Any game in which you figure to be the loser, because the other players are better than you.
- WALK - A pot won by the last blind when no one opens.
- HOLE CARDS - In Stud and Hold'em, the face-down cards dealt to each player.
- FORCED BET - In some stud games a player may be required to make a bet to start the action on the first card. This is similar conceptually to blinds and antes, but in this case is dependent on the cards shown rather than player position. Usually the weakest hand is forced to bet.
- TRIPS - Three of a kind. In Hold'em the term SET is used when two of the three cards are hole cards.
- BLUFF - To make a bet or raise with a poor hand, in hope that the remaining active player(s) will fold.
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