Betting odds slang

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Betting odds slang is a series of words used to describe particular common fractional odds. Evens – Levels, Scotch 2/1 – Bottle 3/1 – Carpet, Gimmel 4/1 – Rouf 5/1 – Hand 5/2 – Face 6/1 – X’s 7/1 – … Read More

Example of hand in badugi poker

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The blinds for this example hand Here is a sample deal involving our four players. The players’ individual hands will not be revealed until the showdown, to give a better sense of what happens during play: Compulsory bets: Alice is … Read More

Badugi play of the hand

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Play begins with each player being dealt four cards face down. Each player may observe those four cards she is dealt, but not the cards dealt to other players. The hand begins with a “pre-draw” betting round, beginning with the … Read More

Badugi

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The best hand in badugi, a four-high badugi. Badugi (also known as Badougi or Padooki) is a draw poker variant similar to triple draw, but with differing hand values than traditional poker. The betting structure and overall play of the … Read More

Dead man’s hand

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In poker, the dead man’s hand is a two-pair hand, namely “aces and eights.” The origin of the name is the five-card-draw hand held by Wild Bill Hickok at the time of his murder, which is accepted to have included … Read More

Bourré

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Bourré (also commonly known as Bouré and Boo-Ray) is a trick-taking gambling card game primarily played in the Acadiana region of Louisiana in the United States of America. The game’s closest relatives are probably Spades and Poker; like many regional … Read More

Baccarat Banque

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In Baccarat Chemin de Fer, it will have been noticed that a given bank only continues so long as the banker wins. So soon as he loses, it passes to another player. In Baccarat Banque the position of banker is … Read More

Ace invaders

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Ace Invaders is a three line video poker game produced by International Gaming Technology. The game plays like other multi line video poker games except the bottom line is a Bonus Poker game, while the top two lines are both … Read More

Card games

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A card game is any game using playing cards, either traditional or game-specific. The deck or pack A card game is played with a deck (common in the US), or pack (common in the UK), of cards intended for that … Read More