The Nightly Turbo: Poker in the Sky, A WCOOP Prediction, and More
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Poker glossary:
- FLAT LIMIT - A variant of fixed limit where all bets are the same amount.
- NUT / NUTS - The best possible hand of a given class. Not a LOCK unless all cards have been dealt. The "nut flush" is the highest possible flush, but might still lose to, e.g., a full house. Usually used in Hold'em games.
- POSITION - One's location in the betting sequence, relative to the players still in the hand. First position is first to act.
- STAND OFF - To call a raise. "Opener raises, I stand off".
- DEAD MAN'S HAND - Generically: two pair, aces and eights. Specifically: the black aces, black eights and nine of diamonds. The hand Wild Bill Hickok was holding when he was shot to death.
- FREE CARD - A card dealt after all players checked in a betting round.
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