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Betting odds slang

Nicolae Sfetcu — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:10:59 +0000

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

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Example of hand in badugi poker

Nicolae Sfetcu — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:18:29 +0000

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

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Badugi play of the hand

Nicolae Sfetcu — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:06:22 +0000

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

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Badugi

Nicolae Sfetcu — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 01:10:20 +0000

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

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Dead man’s hand

Nicolae Sfetcu — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:52:27 +0000

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

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Bourré

Nicolae Sfetcu — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 12:24:54 +0000

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

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Baccarat Banque

Nicolae Sfetcu — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:27:45 +0000

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

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Ace invaders

Nicolae Sfetcu — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:51:16 +0000

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

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Card games

Nicolae Sfetcu — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 08:59:45 +0000

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

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