The Nightly Turbo: Total Poker Player, a Merger, and More
It’s the start of the week and we’re back at it again. We’re searching the web so you don’t have to. Here are the top poker stories of the day. Read, impress your friends with your new-found knowledge about Sky Poker’s Total Player, an interesting…
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Poker talk:
- JOKER - A 53rd card in the deck, distinct from the others, used as a wild card or as a BUG.
- 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.
- 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.
- IN - Still eligible to win the pot. "I'm in" is often spoken as one adds chips to the pot, calling.
- BARN - A FULL HOUSE, three of a kind and a pair.
- PAT HAND - In draw poker, a hand that does not need any more cards. Specifically, a straight, flush, full house or straight flush. One might bluff and represent a pat hand but actually hold something else.
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