Posts Tagged ‘draw poker’
Posted by Nicolae on September 5th, 2008 under Poker, Poker terminology Guide
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In a fixed-limit poker game, a big bet (BB) is the larger of two fixed bet amounts. A big bet is used in the final rounds of a game to increase the pot amount and thereby enable the possibility of a bluff. Big bets are generally double the wager of the initial [...]
Posted by Nicolae on July 1st, 2008 under Draw poker, Poker
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Draw poker is any poker variant in which each player is dealt a complete hand before the first betting round, and then develops the hand for later rounds by replacing cards.
The descriptions below assume that you are familiar with the general game play of poker, and with hand values (both high and low [...]
Posted by Nicolae on June 26th, 2008 under Poker, Poker variants Guide
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The card game of poker has many variations, most of them created in the United States in the mid-1900s. The standard order of play applies to most of these games, but to fully specify a poker game requires details about which hand values are used, the number of betting rounds, and [...]
Posted by Nicolae on June 12th, 2008 under Poker, Poker Guide
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The history of poker is a matter of some debate. The name of the game likely descended from the French poque, which descended from the German pochen (’to knock’), but it is not clear whether the origins of poker itself lie with the games bearing those names. It closely resembles the Persian [...]
Posted by Nicolae on June 12th, 2008 under Poker, Poker Guide
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Poker Room at the Trump Taj Mahal, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Poker is a card game, the most popular of a class of games called vying games, in which players with fully or partially concealed cards make wagers into a central pot, which is awarded to the player or players with the [...]
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