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- Studying for Low-Stakes Players When you start there are a few options to learn and I think that it really depends on what fits best your personal style. When I’m learning a new format, I personally like to read a book about a game, play a bit on my own to try out some concepts and then try to review some hands that I struggle with while playing.
- The table stakes rule prevents poker players from betting with more chips than they already have at the table. Before the table stakes rule, players might be able to force their opponents out of pots by betting more than their opponent could afford to lose.
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stake
(stāk)n.1. A piece of wood or metal pointed at one end for driving into the ground as a marker, fence pole, or tent peg.
2. a. A vertical post to which an offender is bound for execution by burning.
b. Execution by burning. Used with the:condemned to the stake.
3. A vertical post secured in a socket at the edge of a platform, as on a truck bed, to help retain the load.
4. Mormon Church A territorial division consisting of a group of wards under the jurisdiction of a president.
5. Sports & Gamesa. often stakes Money or property risked in a wager or gambling game.
b. The prize awarded the winner of a contest or race.
c. A race offering a prize to the winner, especially a horserace in which the prize consists of money contributed equally by the horse owners.
6. a. A share or an interest in an enterprise, especially a financial share.
b. Personal interest or involvement: a stake in her children's future.
7. Something, such as a crucial change or grave consequence, that may result from a situation: The stakes are high in the mayoral election.
tr.v.staked
, stak·ing
, stakes1. a. To mark the location or limits of with stakes. Often used with out:staked out a garden patch.
b. To claim, establish, or register as one's own. Often used with out:staked out a mining claim at the office; staked out a place for herself in the library.
2. a. To fasten, secure, or support with a stake or stakes: staked down the tent; staked the shrubs.
c. To impale with a stake.
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3. To gamble or risk; hazard: staked his week's pay on the horse race; staked the campaign on a promise of a tax cut.
4. To provide with money; finance: staked him to the money for the tickets.
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5. Sports To provide a lead for: Her homer staked her team to a two-run lead.
Phrasal Verb: stake out1. To keep (a building, for example) under surveillance.
2. To assign (a police officer, for example) to an area to conduct surveillance: The police were staked out across the street from the apartment.
Idiom: at stake
[Middle English, from Old English staca.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
| Noun | 1. | stakes - the money risked on a gamble bet, wager, stake gamble - money that is risked for possible monetary gain jackpot, kitty, pot - the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker) ante - (poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot pool - any communal combination of funds; 'everyone contributed to the pool' |
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