Children’s Institute Hosts Poker for a Cause
LOS ANGELES—-On Saturday, October 17, Children’s Institute, Inc., held its “First Annual Celebrity Poker Tournament” at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles. Hosted by Emmy and Golden Globe winner Camryn Manheim , the event featured World Series of Poker champion Jamie Gold as emcee.
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Poker dictionary:
- HOOK - A Jack. So named because the "J" resembles a hook.
- MILES OF BAD ROAD - Three of a kind. Prefixed with a number, 3*<N>, to indicate 3 <N>s. Thus "24 miles of bad road" is 3 eights, etc. (This obviously doesn't work for face cards.)
- UNDER THE GUN - The position that has to act first in a round of betting.
- TOP PAIR - In flop games, having a hole card that matches the highest card on the board.
- SET - In Hold'em, three of a kind where two of the cards are hole cards.
- JOKER - A 53rd card in the deck, distinct from the others, used as a wild card or as a BUG.
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