The Weekly Turbo: Poker Hall of Fame, The Amazing Race and 31 Conspired with Russ Hamilton
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Useful poker information:
- WALK - A pot won by the last blind when no one opens.
- FREE CARD - A card dealt after all players checked in a betting round.
- POSITION - One's location in the betting sequence, relative to the players still in the hand. First position is first to act.
- SPREAD LIMIT - A variation on fixed limit wherein the minimum and maximum bets are different. A 1-4-8 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds and 1-8 in the last round. A 1-4-8-16 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds, 1 to 8 in the next-to-last round, and 1 to 16 in the last round.
- SIDE POT - When an active player runs out of money during the course of a hand, the remaining players participate in a second or SIDE POT for the rest of the hand. Additional side pots are possible if several players run out of money at different points in a hand.
- 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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