Amelia Island Sailing Club holds Poker Run
The Amelia Island Sailing Club held its annual Poker Run on Aug. 8 co-sponsored by Amelia Island Yacht Basin. Unlike the club’s other races, the Poker Run is more of a social event, where sail boaters and power boaters participate together. Heck, if somebody wanted to, he could row the course. Joe Bowen, the event’s committee chairman, chose an 8-mile course starting at the downtown Fernandina …
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Poker glossary:
- BRODERICK CRAWFORD - In Hold'em, hole cards of 10-4. From the 1950s TV series "Highway Patrol", starring Broderick Crawford.
- POCKET PAIR - Generic Hold'em term for 2 hole cards of the same rank.
- TAPPED [OUT] - Out of money. Can refer to a player running out of money in the course of a hand, thus still active for the main pot; or can refer to a player who has lost his bankroll and can no longer play.
- PROP - Also PROPOSITION PLAYER. An employee of the gaming establishment whose primary purpose is to keep enough players at a table to prevent breaking up the game for lack of players. Unlike SHILLs "props" make a small hourly wage but play with their own money, winning or losing based on their skill.
- TOP TWO PAIR - In flop games, having hole cards that make the highest possible two pair hand.
- MUCK - [1] A collection of face-down cards near the dealer composed of discards, i.e., folded hands, burns and discards for drawing purposes. [2] To throw one's cards into the muck, thus folding.

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