Top Five Things You Never Thought You’d Learn From Playing Poker
PokerNews hostess Gloria Balding is back. Last month she brought you the “Top Five Things You Won’t Find on the Tournament Trail,” and this month she is back at it with five things you never thought you’d learn by playing poker.
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Poker talk:
- BOARD - The exposed cards in Hold'em and stud. Also BOARD CARDS.
- FLAT LIMIT - A variant of fixed limit where all bets are the same amount.
- WHITE BLACKBIRD - A hand so astonishingly rare as to be unworthy of the opponents' consideration, e.g., being dealt a pat royal flush in 5-card draw.
- LIMIT POKER - A poker game wherein the amount to be bet is fixed, or at most variable within a prescribed minimum and maximum. Ant.: NO-LIMIT POKER.
- BLACK - When referring to chips, black usually stands for $100 casino chips. "This guy sits down with a stack of blacks and raises the first bet." Not ALL casinos use black for $100 but that is the common usage.
- WHEEL - A-2-3-4-5. Usually discussed in the context of lowball where it is the best possible hand. Can also refer to a 5-high straight in high games. Also: BICYCLE.
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