popular culture Archives - MultiMedia https://www.telework.ro/en/tag/popular-culture/ Știință și filosofie, afaceri online (web design, marketing, traduceri, cărți online, rețele sociale), artă. Știința informației (data science, business intelligence). Thu, 24 Nov 2016 14:57:36 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.telework.ro/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/cropped-logostore-32x32.png popular culture Archives - MultiMedia https://www.telework.ro/en/tag/popular-culture/ 32 32 2257885 Texas hold ’em in popular culture https://www.telework.ro/en/texas-hold-em-in-popular-culture/ https://www.telework.ro/en/texas-hold-em-in-popular-culture/#respond Sat, 28 Feb 2009 17:14:02 +0000 https://www.telework.ro/?p=1060 Joe Hachem, winner of 2005 World Series of Poker main event In 1998, the movie Rounders starring Matt Damon and Edward Norton gave moviegoers a romantic view of poker as a way of life. Texas hold ’em was the main … Read More

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]]> https://www.telework.ro/en/texas-hold-em-in-popular-culture/feed/ 0 58317 Dead man’s hand https://www.telework.ro/en/dead-mans-hand-2/ https://www.telework.ro/en/dead-mans-hand-2/#respond Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:52:27 +0000 https://www.telework.ro/?p=640 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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]]> https://www.telework.ro/en/dead-mans-hand-2/feed/ 0 58247 Point shaving https://www.telework.ro/en/point-shaving/ https://www.telework.ro/en/point-shaving/#respond Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:32:10 +0000 https://www.telework.ro/?p=593 Point shaving, in organized sports, is a type of match fixing where the perpetrators try to prevent a team from covering a published point spread. Unlike other forms of match fixing, sports betting invariably motivates point shaving. A point shaving … Read More

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]]> https://www.telework.ro/en/point-shaving/feed/ 0 58238 Boxing https://www.telework.ro/en/boxing/ https://www.telework.ro/en/boxing/#respond Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:44:42 +0000 https://www.telework.ro/?p=305 Professional boxing bout featuring Ricardo Dominguez (left) vs. Rafael Ortiz. Boxing, also called pugilism, prizefighting (when referring to professional boxing) or the sweet science (a common nickname among fans) is a sport where two participants of similar weight fight each … Read More

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]]> https://www.telework.ro/en/boxing/feed/ 0 58175 Texas hold ’em https://www.telework.ro/en/texas-hold-em-2/ https://www.telework.ro/en/texas-hold-em-2/#respond Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:11:30 +0000 https://www.telework.ro/?p=183 Texas hold ’em (also hold’em, holdem) is the most popular of the community card poker games. It is also the most popular poker variant played in most casinos in the United States. Its no-limit betting form is used in the … Read More

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