AA The Brass Brazilians
5-10 Woolworths
10-10 Tennessee Toddy
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Any 4 is referred to as a one legged ace
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Phil Hellmuth holds the record for the most WSOP bracelet wins.
(He also probably holds the record for the most televised rants at a poker event.)
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Addition to Joker: A regional (Midwest) name for the Joker is blucher (BLUE-kir). (Like “the bug,” this is NOT a completely wild card. The blucher/bug completes any straight or flush, can even make a flush A-A high to beat any other flush. Otherwise, it counts only as a fifth Ace.
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Q8 Sand hand (Kuwait ………Get it?)
The Blinds
How did the blinds get their name? Simple: The small blind is a mandatory bet made “in the blind,” which just means “before you see your hole cards.” The big blind is a mandatory raise made in the blind. The blinds are there to stimulate action.
I heard about this a few days ago so I googled it.
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Three-time WSOP Bracelet winner Hamid Dastmalchi and six-time winner Ted Forrest had been playing for four days non-stop at the Mirage when Hamid started to complain about the 1992 Main Event Championship Bracelet he received. Bitter about a dispute with the Binion’s Horseshoe, the owners of the WSOP at the time, Hamid told the table that the Binion’s “say it’s worth $5,000, but I’d take $1,500 for it.” To which Forrest responded “Sold” and immediately tossed Hamid $1,500 in chips. Dastmalchi mailed Forrest his bracelet.
the all time longest poker game EVER was held at the Bird Cage Theatre in Tombstone, Arizona, from 1881-1889, lasting 8 years, 5 months and 3 days!!
Johnny Chan’s Orange
10 time WSOP bracelet winner Johnny Chan was usually seen in high stakes games and tournaments with an orange. You might have seen him (and his orange) in the movie “Rounders.” He never ate his orange, but almost always had one handy. What’s up with that?
Back in the day, they allowed smoking in card rooms. Johnny hated the smell of cigarette and cigar smoke, so he would dig his fingernail into the orange and bring it close to his nose for a refreshing breath of fresh air.
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great trivia, thanks a buncn, Lorenzo 57
I had never even heard of the movie Rounders until seeing ur post…I watched it yesterday and loved it…thx SPG
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Origins of Bluffing
Although many of the forms of poker we know today were invented in New Orleans, many of the basic concepts came from dominoes. A form of “domino cards” had ranked hands (1 pair, 2 pair, three of a kind, and so on,) and bluffing was an integral part of the game. The earliest games on record were between Chinese Emperor Mu-Tsung and his wife in 969 C.E…
This may also have started the tradition of not showing your bluffs, because it’s probably not a good idea when you are playing your wife!
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FYI there is a league here on replay called… Rounders… It says its for replay staff and team only. Just click on Leagues in the drop down menu and u will see it.
You could be playing in that tournament !!!
If you are interested in joining the volunteers and helping keep this site running smoothly and fun for all, contact me and I will help you out with it. i enjoy doing it and think you might too. 
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Pocket Rockets
The WSOP Main Event has never been won by a player holding pocket aces in the final hand, but 2 players have had AA in the final hand, and both of them lost and had to settle for 2nd place.
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1970 WSOP Champion
In 1970, Jack Binion invited America’s 7 best players to his Binion’s Horseshoe Casino in order to determine America’s best player. Johnny Moss, Amarillo Slim Preston, Carl Cannon, Doyle Brunson, Puggy Pearson, Crandell Addington, and Sailor Roberts all accepted.
The thing was… there was no tournament. After a cash game session, they were asked to vote for the best player. Legend says they all voted for themselves, so a second vote asked, “Who is the 2nd best player?”
Johnny Moss won the vote and was awarded the title.
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Sarah’s found some fun trivia that she used in our previous, longer version of our newsletter. Here’s one she found for our February one, in case you missed it. 
On Valentine’s Day in 1916, future President Dwight D. Eisenhower proposed to then-girlfriend Mamie with an engagement ring that he bought with his poker winnings. Dwight was a poker lover who played high-stakes poker as a young serviceman in World War I. He only stopped playing the game because he was leaving so many of his friends at the table broke!
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I went to Amarillo Slims Super Bowl of Poker in Lake Tahoe in the early 80’s. Doyle Brunson won the prelude event to the finale with 10 2…he won a car and cash.
A looong shot satellite winner from Reno Hans Tuna Lund beat Jack t"Tree Top" Strauss in the main event. , I’ll never forget, Strauss would make a decent raise and Tuna would push in a rack of pink chips ($5,000 chips) LOL Good times.
One night Stu Ungar was playing a rich Arab guy heads up just inside the high limit rope and he let us stand behind him and watch and showed us his hands for a very long time. That was awesome. Sorry, just sharing.
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Origin of the name “poker”:
Although uncertain, there are many theories which take credit for the birth of the name ‘Poker’;
a) Card games have been popularly accounted to the French. As believed by some experts, Poker derives its name from the French game ‘Poque’ that comprised of betting and bluffing and used a deck of cards with the four suits of Spades, Hearts, Clubs and Diamonds.
b) Also a German game named ‘Pochen’ or ‘Pochpiel’ is known to have given the name of Poker.
c) As per some historians, the name Poker could have sourced from the Hindi word ‘pukka’.
d) The word ‘poke’ is also believed by some to have come from a popular terms used by magicians, 'hocus pocus’.
e) Another interesting theory is that ‘Poker’ came from an underworld slang ‘poke’ used by pickpockets in Mississippi, back in the days , where they conned people over a 20-card game.
f) Another possibility states that ‘Poker’ may have indirectly evolved from the Danish word ‘pokker’ referring to the devil.
g) The Texas Hold ’em variant of Poker got its name so because its first game was played in Robstown, Texas around the year 1900.
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Passing the Buck
I’m sure most of you have heard the term “passing the buck,” but how many realize it’s a poker term?
Back in the days of America’s westward expansion, deer antler, or “buckhorn” was a popular material for knife handles. This was shortened, and the knives carried by these rugged outdoorsmen were simply called “bucks.” Although the handles are now made of other materials, Buck remains a popular knife brand.
These frontiersmen sometimes used a buck-handled knife as the dealer button. In those days, any dispute was likely to end with bloodshed, so dealing was a responsibility many wanted to avoid. If it was your turn to deal, you could just “pass the buck” to the next player.
When President Truman (an avid poker player) said, “the buck stops here,” he wasn’t talking about money. He was saying that he would accept the responsibility of his office instead of passing the blame to someone else.
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