International Poker Tournament Hosted by Casinos Poland Draws Players From 25 Countries
Century Casinos, Inc. announced today that Century Casinos’ one-third subsidiary Casinos Poland Ltd. successfully hosted the Unibet Open Poker Tournament at its casino at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Warsaw, Poland, from December 3 - 6, 2009.
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Poker lingo:
- PASSED OUT. - A hand in which nobody opens. What happens next is a function of the game being played.
- DRAW OUT - To catch a card that improves your situation from a losing hand to a winning hand, especially when you beat someone holding a hand that usually figures to win.
- TOP TWO PAIR - In flop games, having hole cards that make the highest possible two pair hand.
- DRAWING DEAD - A draw in which it is impossible to obtain a winning hand for any of a variety of reasons: an opponent's hand is better than whatever you are drawing to, the card(s) that make your hand are out of play, or (in Hold'em) give an opponent a stronger hand even if it makes yours. Frequently used in the past tense, since one rarely knows it at the time.
- CHECK RAISE - To check initially, then raise a bet made later on in the same betting round. Frequently a sign of strength, but may be a bluff.
- DRAW - [1] A class of poker games characterized by players being dealt 5 cards face-down and later having the opportunity to replace some of the original 5. "Draw poker" and "Five-card draw" are examples of usage. [2] In stud and Hold'em games, the set of cards that will be dealt later can be collectively called "the draw". [3] To discard some number of cards and have dealt an equal number of replacements.

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