Poker fundraiser on Friday at restaurant aids Safety Village

SCHERERVILLE | A Texas Hold ‘em poker tournament on Friday willserve as a Tri-Town Safety Village fundraiser.

FOURTH STREET - In stud poker, the fourth card dealt to each player. Sometimes used to refer to the fourth community card dealt in Hold'em, although the more common term for this is TURN (q.v.).
KICKER - In hands containing pairs and trips, the highest card not matched. In draw games, sometimes a card kept for deception purposes.
THIRD STREET - In Stud, the third card dealt to each player.
STRING BET - An unethical and often illegal means of raising whereby a player puts a call-size stack of chips into the pot and, after observing the reactions of the players, then goes back to his stack and puts out more, thus raising.
OFFSUIT - Not of the same suit. "I held A-Q offsuit" or "The flop was 10-6-2 offsuit". When speaking of 5 or more cards, not all/ of the same suit, i.e., no flush, as in "button had A-K-10-8-7 offsuit."
PAY OFF - Calling a bet with little expectation of winning, unless the opponent is bluffing.

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