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	Buck - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Buck Rogers is a science fiction hero from the 1930s and 1970s.
		Buck Williams is a character in the Left Behind series.
		A buck converter is a type of electronics power supply.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Buck (256 words)

	Poker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Poker is a card game, the most popular of a class of games called vying games, in which players with fully or partially concealed cards make wagers into a central pot, which is awarded to the remaining player or players with the best combination of cards.
		Poker can also refer to video poker which is a single-player game seen in casinos much like a slot machine.
		Poker’s popularity has experienced an unprecedented spike in recent years, largely due to the introduction of online poker and the invention of the hole-card camera which finally turned the game into a spectator sport.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Poker (1822 words)

	Encyclopedia: Buck (poker)
		In the card game Poker the buck or button is a marker used to indicate the player who is the dealer or, in casino games with a house dealer, the player who acts last on that deal (who would be the dealer in a home game).
		When Poker became a popular saloon game in the United States in the middle of the nineteenth century the integrity of the players was unreliable and the honor codes that had regulated gambling for centuries became inadequate.
		A knife was a common object used as such a marker, and the marker became generally known as a buck as an abbreviated reference to the buck's horn that formed the handle of many knives at that time.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Buck-(poker) (786 words)

	Poker - Simple English Wikipedia
		In community card poker such as Texas hold 'em, players share some of their cards in the center of the table.
		Such phrases as ace in the hole, beats me, blue chip, call the bluff, cash in, pass the buck, poker face, stack up, up the ante, when the chips are down, wild card, and others are used in everyday conversation even by those unaware of their origins at the poker table.
		A major part of the skill of live poker games, however, is guessing at the strength of a player's hand by identifying tells made by other players, while concealing one's own, unlike, for example, chess, where all information about the game's current state is public.
	simple.wikipedia.org /wiki/Poker (1724 words)

	Poker - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Poker is a card game, the most popular of a class of games called vying games, in which players with fully or partially concealed cards make wagers into a central pot, after which the pot is awarded to the remaining player or players with the best combination of cards.
		Broadcast of poker tournaments for cable and satellite TV distribution, such as with the World Poker Tour, has added additional popularity to the game, as has the introduction of online poker.
		A poker is also a common steel "fire iron" used in controlling fires in domestic hearths.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /poker.htm (1639 words)

	The Poker Game (slash)
		Buck and JD went out in the warm evening and made their way to JD's room.
		Buck made a bed for himself on the floor beside JD's bed.
		Buck ran a finger down JD's neck to his shirt and started unbuttoning it.
	www.geocities.com /c_tj/slashfic1.htm (1710 words)

	Pass the buck
		Poker became very popular in America during the second half of the 19th century.
		Silver dollars were later used as markers and this is probably the origin of the use of buck as a slang term for dollar.
		The best-known use of buck in this context is 'the buck stops here', which is the promise made by US president Harry S. Truman, and which he kept prominent in his own and his elector's minds by putting it on a sign on his desk.
	www.phrases.org.uk /meanings/278800.html (292 words)

	The Buck Stops Here (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Poker has experienced a popularity boom never before seen, and is becoming part of the mainstream in a big way.
		Harry Truman had a plaque on his desk that read, “The buck stops here.” He got the saying from the expression pass the buck, which comes from poker, as a buck was the marker used to keep track of the deal position.
		To pass the buck meant to refuse to deal when it was one’s turn to deal, passing the deck instead to the next player to the left.
	www.cardplayer.com /poker_magazine/archives/showarticle.php?a_id=15015 (1004 words)

	High Stakes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Buck was in a light–hearted mood as he pushed through the doors of the saloon.It was a beautiful autumn evening, and he was determined to find a lovely lady to take a walk in the moonlight with–and perhaps an even more interesting activity later on.
		Buck studied his friend carefully, contemplating the sight.As a new group sat down to the poker table, Buck had to admit that the gleam in Ezra's eyes was a good deal harder than normal.
		Buck saw Chris's eyes flicker.Chris's past as a dangerous gunslinger was not something he was happy about, and none of their number would dare throw it into his face like that, unless he was looking to get punched in the face.
	www.thewateringhole.com /high4.html (3005 words)

	We All Speak 'Poker'
		Poker chips used to be white, red, and blue.
		The buck was originally a marker placed in front of the player who'd deal the next hand.
		In the 19th century, it was often a hunting knife with a handle made from a buck's horn.
	www.aarpmagazine.org /games/we_all_speak_poker (325 words)

	Gaming Studies Research Center-Richard Lederer, My Kids the Poker Players (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The hole in the phrase in the hole refers to a slot cut in the middle of poker tables through which checks and cash are deposited into a box, to be transferred later to the coffers of the house.
		The buck in pass the buck was originally a poker term designating a marker that was placed in front of the player whose turn it was to deal the next hand.
		During the heyday of poker in the nineteenth century, the marker was often a hunting knife whose handle was made of a buck's horn.
	gaming.unlv.edu /research/reading/lederer.html (1225 words)

	New Mexico State Aggies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Buck Pierce threw a 45-yard touchdown pass to Paul Dombrowski and ran for a nine-yard score.
		Buck Pierce ran for a touchdown and threw two others as the Aggies jumped out to a 21-0 first half lead and cruised to an easy win.
		Buck Pierce played well spreading his throws around, but it was asking too much to recover from an early 23-7 deficit.
	www.collegefootballnews.com /Sun_Belt/New_Mexico_State.htm (3141 words)

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		In limit poker, the BIG BLIND is usually the size of the minimum bet on the first round of betting.
		Draw poker in which a pair of jacks is the minimum hand permitted to start the action.
		A poker game wherein the amount to be bet is fixed, or at most variable within a prescribed minimum and maximum.
	www.conjelco.com /faq/rgpglossary.html (5417 words)

	B \| Poker Dictionary \| Games & Rules \| Planet Poker
		An annual convention held in Las Vegas by members of rec.gambling.poker, that is, on-line poker players, featuring a no-limit tournament, other less-organized events, and much hilarity, including "must-toke" games such as Chowaha.
		pass the buck, that is, refuse to deal when it is one's turn to deal, passing the deck instead to the next player to the left.
		In versions of draw poker, a card is usually burned before the draw cards are distributed; in stud and hold 'em, a card is usually burned before each round of cards is dealt.
	www.planetpoker.com /games/dictionary/vocabb.asp (7521 words)

	A Dark Past (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Buck had been smiling and laughing with Sarah and now the smile dropped off his face and it was replaced by a scowl.
		Buck didn't even let the guy know that he was there he just hit him across the back of the head and then left him lying there.
		Buck, JD and Vin had DeAblo half drag and half carry Jack Standish to the jail while Langton had to managed on his own under the cover of one of the lawmen's guns.
	www.geocities.com /Area51/Portal/2660/ADarkPast.html (18066 words)

	Stud Poker
		Buck brushed idly at his moustache, a slow teasing grin growing and a bright fire igniting in his eyes.
		Buck grinned across from him, covered only by the large green bandanna draped around his neck, the rest of his clothes tossed casually over the remaining chair.
		Pressing Buck down to his elbows and knees on the narrow cot, Ezra trailed a line of wet, teasing kisses up the taller man’s arching spine to drawl softly in his ear, “Don’t move.
	www.squidge.org /~steelwolf/Stories/M7/StudPoker.html (1716 words)

	Name of the Game: TYR Fan Fiction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Cody and Buck made their way through the crowd standing outside the saloon involved in betting on the outcome of game, and entered the saloon.
		Buck finished his meal, and looked out over the lounge, where people now gathered around several tables where the poker games had started.
		Buck could feel the tensions in the crowd and for a moment he thought that the argument would end in a fight, when the man with the red vest stepped in.
	hem.passagen.se /nesciri/nog/nog.html (3858 words)

	* Buck - (Poker): Definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In the card game Poker the buck or button is a marker used to indicate the player who is the dealer or,...
		In all flop games, a small disk used to indicate the dealer, or used to signify the player in the last position if a house dealer is used; a button.
		The Button was previously called "the Buck", from a buck knife used for the purpose, and is the origin of the phrase "the buck stops here".
	en.mimi.hu /poker/buck.html (937 words)

	Rule Of Poker - Online Poker Rooms To Play
		In order to play, one must learn the basic rules and procedures of the game (see Poker game play), the values of the various combinations of cards (see Poker hand), and the rules about betting limits (see Poker betting structure).
		The most commonly played games of the first three categories are five-card draw, seven-card stud, and Texas hold 'em; each of these makes a good starting point for learning games of the type.
		The game of poker (or at least most of the variants) is considered to be computationally unsolvable.
	www.poker.freegames.eu.com (947 words)

	Contrarian Thoughts on Televised Poker - A concept worthy of consideration? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Let’s call him Buck, as in "buck the tide." Buck will look you straight in the eye and tell you that Cats is a better musical than Guys and Dolls, and he’s not only serious, he’s just warming up.
		In the alternate universe in which Buck resides, Jim Brown was an underrated actor and overrated running back, beanie babies are on the verge of a comeback, and Tolstoy makes for a better read than Dostoyevsky.
		And while some people enjoyed making educated guesses along with the analysts, they were mostly aficionados; for the average viewer of yesteryear, being in the dark rendered him insufficiently invested in the action to have his attention grabbed and/or held.
	www.cardplayer.com /poker_magazine/archives/showarticle.php?a_id=14876 (959 words)

	Truman: The Buck Stops Here
		The saying "the buck stops here" derives from the slang expression "pass the buck" which means passing the responsibility on to someone else.
		The latter expression is said to have originated with the game of poker, in which a marker or counter, frequently in frontier days a knife with a buckhorn handle, was used to indicate the person whose turn it was to deal.
		If the player did not wish to deal he could pass the responsibility by passing the "buck," as the counter came to be called, to the next player.
	www.trumanlibrary.org /buckstop.htm (324 words)

	The Mavens' Word of the Day
		The expression buck slip, governmentese for 'routing form', is almost certainly derived from the expression pass the buck, but you are correct that the 'dollar' sense of buck is not involved.
		The buck was an object used to indicate the dealer of a particular hand, apparently so called because a knife with a buck-horn handle was once used for this function.
		The literal use of buck as an indicator of the dealer in poker dates from the 1860s.
	www.randomhouse.com /wotd/index.pperl?date=19970318 (337 words)

	personal trainer: It's Only a Buck
		Certainly there is an element of chance involved in poker, and so it seems to qualify as gambling.
		Poker has undergone a pretty big facelift in recent years, going from the smoky back-room of Las Vegas casinos to the lime light of ESPN.
		Gambling in general and poker in particular have always seemed to be more of a gray area issue to me than a question of right and wrong.
	getnewhope.blogs.com /personal_trainer/2005/01/its_only_a_buck.html (3176 words)

	ESPN.com: John Buck Player Card
		Good plate coverage gives Buck power to the opposite field, though he prefers the ball up in the strike zone.
		Because Buck still is learning to adjust to offspeed pitches and hasn't hit well when behind in the count, he can be neutralized by hurlers who can get a first-pitch breaking ball over the plate.
		The Royals plan to throw their newly acquired catcher into the fire, but Buck's upside is worth the gamble.
	sports.espn.go.com /mlb/players/profile?statsId=7056 (212 words)

	buck 4. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A counter or marker formerly passed from one poker player to another to indicate an obligation, especially one's turn to deal.
		Informal Obligation to account for something; responsibility: tried to pass the buck for the failure to his boss.
		Short for buckhorn knife (from its use as a marker in poker).
	www.bartleby.com /61/57/B0525700.html (162 words)

	As I Please: Who's Got the Button...?
		"Passing the buck" literally means letting the dealer button pass you by, so that the next player, not you, has the responsibility of dealing the cards — and the advantage of acting last.
		President Harry S. Truman, well known for his love of poker, surely knew this when he put the famous sign on is desk, the one that read, "The buck stops here." There was no one else to whom he could pass the buck.
		To continue with the poker metaphor, Rice is obviously sitting in the small blind right now, and the buck will inevitably be passed to her in the next hand.
	www.spicejar.org /asiplease/archives/000072.html (547 words)

	Poker - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
		If you were redirected from "Fireplace poker," there is a sentence about it at the bottom of this page.
		The name of the game likely descended from the French poque, which descended from the German pochen (= 'to knock'), but it is not clear whether the games named by those terms were the real origins of poker.
		Broadcast of poker tournaments for cable and satellite TV distribution has added additional popularity to the game.
	www.music.us /education/P/Poker.htm (1639 words)

	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Poker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This is an extract from The Middle East Open Encyclopedia, made possible through the Wikimedia Foundation.
		Iraq Museum International always displays the most recent published revision of the source article, Poker; all previous versions may be viewed here.
		They link directly to authoring tools for you to start writing a particular article.
	www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref?title=Poker (1934 words)

	JL vs Buck
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	www.cardschat.com /showthread.php?p=354573#post354573 (192 words)

	Texas Holdem Poker Rules
		There are no Antes required from all players in Texas Holdem poker game, instead, there are two forced bets called Blinds.
		Games begin with the two players to the left of the Dealer or putative dealer (The Button) putting a predetermined amount of money (the Blinds) into the pot before any cards are dealt, thus ensuring that there is something to play for on every hand.
		They must then be replaced on the table but may be consulted at any time during the hand, but only by the player to whom they were dealt.
	www.pokernews.com /poker-rules/texas-holdem.htm (1290 words)

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