When the VH1 Classic Rock N Roll Celebrity Poker Tournament was first announced, rock fans and poker fans alike were ecstatic about the idea of guitar players, drummers, and rock anthem singers getting together to play the game the world was talking about, No Limit Texas Holdem. Scheduled to take place at Harrah s Flamingo Hotel Casino in Las Vegas on June 8, those same fans were disappointed when word got out that the event was cancelled. Now they can be excited again, because the event is back on for November 2
Useful poker information:
- CALLER - One who calls.
Sometimes used collectively, as in 3 callers .
- FOLD - To decline to call a bet, thus dropping out of a hand.
- PASS - Opposite of bet.
To check, if checked to. To fold, if bet to.
- DEAD MAN'S HAND - Generically: two pair, aces and eights.
Specifically: the black aces, black eights and nine of diamonds. The hand Wild Bill Hickok was holding when he was shot to death.
- BURN - To discard the top card of the deck prior to dealing, usually done for every dealing round except the first.
The theory being that if somehow the cards are marked (illegally) no one will know what card will next be dealt, only what card will be burned. This makes marked cards less of an advantage, hence tends to reduce cheating.
- ON TILT - Playing worse (usually, more aggressively) than usual because a player has become emotionally upset.
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