Celebrities raise funds to help people of Darfur during poker tourney at San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino in Highland
In an attempt to raise awareness and money to defeat what many observers have called a genocide in Darfur, a region in Sudan, dozens of celebrities and professional poker players gathered at San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino in Highland on Oct. 29 to participate at the Ante Up for Africa Poker Tournament.
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Poker jargon:
- STUD - Any of several poker games in which some of each players' cards are exposed.
- TELL - Any personal mannerisms that reveal the quality of one's hand. E.g., constantly looking at one's hole cards is often a tell of a poor hand. (Some players, knowing this, will at times check their hole cards when they have a great hand and don't need to look.)
- DOYLE BRUNSON - In Hold'em, 10-2 in the hole. So named because Doyle Brunson won two straight WSOPs (q.v.) in 1975 and 1976 with 10-2 on the last hand. (Suited (spades) in 1975, unsuited in 1976).
- PAY OFF - Calling a bet with little expectation of winning, unless the opponent is bluffing.
- TOURNAMENT - A highly structured game involving potentially dozens of tables where all participants pay an entry fee and obtain a fixed number of chips. Once a tournament has started, additional players may not enter. As the game progresses players bust out and are eliminated until only one winner remains.
- HIGH-LOW SPLIT - Forms of poker in which the pot is split between the best hand and best lowball hand.
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