The Nightly Turbo: Phil Laak Looking to Break a Record, Poker2Nite Canceled, and More
Phil Laak apparently doesn’t like sleep, seeing as the record he’s trying to break involves him not sleeping for quite a bit of time. Also, it seems that Poker2Nite has been canceled. Wondering what else is going on in the poker world? We’ve…
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Poker argot:
- THIRD STREET - In Stud, the third card dealt to each player.
- NICKEL - Five dollars, usually represented by a red casino check.
- LIVE BLIND - The last and largest blind bet may or may not be LIVE. If LIVE, the blind bettor has the option of "raising" his own blind in the event the bet is called around to him. This is normal, and is sometimes referred to as "blinds are live".
- CASE - The fourth card of a particular rank, as in "he folded the case 9" when describing where all the 9s were in a hand. Comes from the game of Faro where an employee of the house, called the "case keeper". kept track of the number of each rank of card remaining.
- TIGHT - [1] A style of play that entails playing fewer hands than average. Antonym: LOOSE. [2] A FULL HOUSE.
- OMAHA - A variant of Hold'em where each player receives 4 hole cards and must use exactly two of them (together with 3 of 5 board cards) to make a hand. Often played high-low split with an 8 qualifier for low.
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