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	Starting hand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In poker, the starting hand is the initial set of cards dealt to each player before any voluntary betting takes place.
		For example, in Seven-card stud this is two downcards and one upcard; in Texas hold'em it is two downcards; in Five-card draw it is five cards.
		Optimal starting hand standards can be very sensitive to factors such as the betting structure of a game, position, and the character of the other players, as well as the rules of the game being played.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Starting_hand (182 words)

	Hand
		Hand (unit of length) A hand is a unit of measurement, used for the height of horses in the inches (10.2 cm).
		Hand training Hand training is a method used by martial artists as a means of strengthening the palm and side of the han...
		The Hand of Oberon The Hand of Oberon is a novel by Roger Zelazny.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/hand.html (1117 words)

	Real-Time Hand Gesture Recogniton - CS223b Final Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		When face and hand are separated in the picture, the effect of the head is the largest on later-stage algorithms for tracking or recognition.
		The idea is to draw a vertical line in the picture between the “heap” of the hand and the ”heap” of the head.
		As usually the hand appears bigger to the camera than the head, we simply attribute the hand to the side with the highest count of filtered pixels.
	graphics.stanford.edu /~schloter/cs223b/report (2418 words)

	Encyclopedia: No limit (poker)
		In casinos in the United Kingdom, a player folds by giving his hand as is to the "house" dealer, who will spread the hand's upcards for the other players to see before mucking them.
		Upon the showdown, the players eligible for the side pot—and only those players—reveal their hands, and the winner among them takes the side pot, regardless of what the all in player holds (indeed, before he even shows).
		After the side pot is awarded, the all in player then shows his hand, and if it is superior to all others shown, he wins the main pot (otherwise he loses as usual).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/No-limit-(poker) (4339 words)

	Dominating hand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In poker, a dominating hand is one with an overwhelming statistical advantage over another specific hand.
		Q♠ J♣, because this hand has no ways to improve that the first one doesn't also have (two pair, trips, straight), and the first hand has some of the second hand's outs as well (unseen cards include two kings, but only one queen), giving it a significant advantage.
		One must judge not only whether your opponent's hand might be better than yours, but whether or not it might dominate yours to such a degree that long-run fluctuations of luck will amplify the consequences of a mistaken play rather than mitigating them.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dominating_hand (290 words)

	Poker:Hold'em - Wikibooks, collection of open-content textbooks
		A hand is dominated if it is a non-pair hand facing a higher hand with one card the same, or facing a pair of the same or higher value as one of its cards.
		Some hand here are chosen for their ability to make a useful strong one-pair hand; others are chosen for the ability to make a straight, flush or set.
		The other hands should be played much more carefully, especially in a raised pot, and especially in a full ring game, where a dominating hand is present much more often than you might think.
	en.wikibooks.org /wiki/Poker:Hold'em (3838 words)

	Poker Hand Games
		Some poker hands (particularly small straights and flushes) may be both the low poker hand and the high poker hand, and are particularly powerful (or particularly dangerous if they are mediocre both ways).
		No-pair hands are often described by the one or two highest cards in the poker hand, such as "king high" or "ace-queen high", or by as many cards as are necessary to break a tie.
		These hands are be referred to in speech, for example, as "jacks and fours" or "jacks over fours" or just "jacks on the roof" or "jacks up" (the latter is common in poker games where the smaller pair is rarely needed to break ties, so it doesn't need to be mentioned most of the time).
	www.imperialpoker.com /poker/poker-hand-games/index.php (5258 words)

	Kodak DC4800 Review: 3. Body & Design: Digital Photography Review
		Dominating the front of the camera is the (sturdy) lens barrel out of which extends the remaining lens barrel (just 11 mm more).
		In your hand it's comfortable, well balanced and sturdy, everything is well placed, the two-stage (slow, fast) zoom control sits right under your thumb with the 45 degree bevel below the perfect place for resting your thumb for increased grip.
		At the front the small protrusion on the hand grip does nothing to improve grip (it's a styling hint), it would have been nice to have a small rubber strpi here for fingertip grip, but I guess that would have spoilt the stylised front of the camera.
	www.dpreview.com /reviews/kodakdc4800/page3.asp (695 words)

	wikien.info: Main_Page : D/DO/DOM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		A dominant minority is a group that has overwhelming political, economic or cultural dominance in a country or region despite representing a small fraction of the overall population (a demographic minority).
		Dominic Monaghan (born December 8, 1976) is an actor who was thrust into stardom with the success of Peter Jackson's adaptation of J. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings in which he played the character of Merry Brandybuck.
		Dominic Serres, also sometimes known as Dominic Serres the Elder, (1719 – 1793) was a French-born painter strongly associated with the English School of Painting, and with paintings with a naval or marine theme.
	www.alanaditescili.net /browse.php?title=D/DO/DOM (10941 words)

	Gambling Guide > Casino Games > Poker > Rules > Hands > Low Hands
		Some games are played High-low split, where the player with the best traditional poker hand (called the High hand) splits the pot with the best low hand (by one of the methods above).
		Low hands tie more frequently than high hands, especially in Community card games, so it is not uncommon for such a hand to win a small fraction of a poker pot.
		For example, if one player has the high hand on Showdown, and two other players tie for the best low hand, the high hand wins half of the pot and each low hand wins only a quarter of the pot.
	www.poker.freegames.eu.com /pokerrules/hands/low_hands.html (283 words)

	Sharmba Mitchell vs. Vince Phillips (November 9, 2002)
		After dominating most of the fight, however, the biggest surprise of the evening occurred when the verdict was announced to the Oklahoma fight fans.
		Mitchell's faster hands continued to be the difference in the fifth round and at the 1:57 mark; he cracked Phillips with a whip-like counter left hand flush on the chin.
		Boxing and movement dominated the final three rounds of action as Phillips struggled to let his hands go while Mitchell remained on the mark.
	www.boxingtimes.com /analyses/2002/021109mitchell_phillips.html (1729 words)

	Poker Strategy
		In addition you are concealing your hand by just calling and you are at the same time enabling yourself to get away from your hand cheaply after the flop if overcards fall and it's apparent that your jacks are no longer good.
		Grpup 2 hands are the bread and butter of Holdem.
		These are hands that might not be the best at the moment -they might be beat by a pocket pair- yet they are almost a must-play in most situations and that's because in Holdem an unpaired starting hand is never a big underdog against a pocket pair if it contains to overcards.
	pokerstrategy.org /poker_strat/he_strategy.htm (2335 words)

	Poker probability (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		At a 10 handed table there is a 4.4 to 1 chance that someone has a better hand than your AQs.
		A Qs is considered a dominating starting hand if it is not against the hands from the first table.
		Realize that you are only playing a hand that gives you a certain percentage of a chance to win over the long run.
	www.totalpokerpro.com /j3.html (810 words)

	Playing your Position Properly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Here's an example from Texas hold'em: There are 10 players playing $4/$8 fixed limit; the player to the left of the button (let's call her Angela) pays a $2 blind, the next player (Bill) pays a $4 blind, and you (Charlie) are next to act.
		There are only three players left to act, so the odds that one of them has a dominating hand are considerably less.
		You might even steal the blinds if they don't have playable hands, but if they do play you will be in good shape to take advantage of your position.
	www.5cardstudpoker.com /playing-position.shtml (435 words)

	Pre-flop No Limit Texas Holdem Strategy Poker Essay - Hand Rankings and Groupings
		This is because of the implied odds of hitting certain hands, particularly hitting trips or better when holding a pocket pair and hitting flushes (the nut flush in particular).
		This means that you can play more hands in more positions, but you must still be cognizant of the fact that all your chips could be at stake on any one hand, and you must still play very disciplined after the flop to let go of weaker hands.
		These are hands you should feel comfortable going ALL-IN on pre-flop, however that usually isn’t the best way to play them since the other players will be likely to fold, leaving you with just the blinds ($.75 at the tables I play).
	www.flopturnriver.com /essays_preflop_groups_0_to_2.html (1175 words)

	flipCode - Tech File - Jaap Suter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Throw the ball from your dominating hand up in the air towards the point that is right ten centimetres before you eyes.
		As soon as this ball (ball number one) has arrived in punt M (or N depending on which hand is your dominating hand) you throw away ball number two.
		First throw the ball with the other hand and when that ball is at it's highest point then throw the ball you have in your dominating hand.
	www.flipcode.com /tfiles/jaap09.shtml (1038 words)

	Bat Speed -- Baseball Hitting Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		I think you are correct that his bottom hand is dominating.
		The proper use of the top hand is what I am learning in these discussions and it is different than what I had always thought, but I see that it is what really happens.
		I'm not sure yet how this relates to bottom hand dominance but it seems like it might be an exaggerated loss of all the things that are usually weak - he loses too much hips and the top hand and front shoulder take over completely.
	www.batspeed.com /messageboard/1687.html (1212 words)

	THE HEAD HALTER FOR DOGS
		In wolf packs, the dominating wolf always puts pressure on the muzzle of the submissive wolf, whether it is a little nip or just a bump of the muzzle.
		When he or she fights the dominating hand action, you need to grab the small strap under the dog's chin and pull down on the halter firmly (but not hard enough to hurt the muzzle) as you give the command "NO!".
		Once your dog shows very little dominant behavior and there is no growling or attempts to bite you as you place your hand on your dog's muzzle for about a minute several times an hour, then you can try placing your hand on the dog's muzzle without the halter.
	home.att.net /~vlea/THE_HALTER_FOR_DOGS.htm (1780 words)

	FTR Poker Forum - Poker Strategy Guides & Online Poker Community
		I seem to recall Slansky and Malmuth saying somewhere in one of their books to be especially wary of hands with 2 and 3 in them, for this very reason.
		Any dominating hand has implied odds over a dominated hand, and likewise, any dominated hand has reverse implied odds against a dominating hand.
		Evaluating the relative probabilities of all possible domination scenarios you think you might be up against is important for determining your proper p-f,f,t and r play.
	www.flopturnriver.com /phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=5210 (915 words)

	Just saw PokerTracker stats... WOW....
		Of all the possible Ace hands and King hands, I'm only in the green for 4 of them (and 2 of them are BARELY over 0).
		Hands like KJ, KT and KQ are definitly a problem for me, particularly KQ.
		AK and AQ are always problem hands for me, because when I hit my pair on the flop, I feel like it's a bagged hand, when in fact all I have is TPTK, which can be beat by all sorts of stuff.
	www.internettexasholdem.com /phpbb2/-vp52957.html (1405 words)

	PART - Online Information article about PART
		HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf.
		hand, the contrast between Iranian and Turanian; on the other, the dominating position of Babylon, which influenced most strongly the civilization and religion of Iran.
		Assyrian inscriptions demonstrate, however, that Zoroaster's teaching was dominant in Media two centuries before Cyrus.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /PAI_PAS/PART.html (5877 words)

	Booster Draft Primer
		You don't have any control over the first pick of the person you feed for the first (and third) pack, but after that you get to influence each of his or her next fourteen picks.
		The other situation where the dominant strategy doesn't work is when the color you're cutting off isn't all that good in the second set of packs.
		Dominating fl in a full Masques block draft was the archetypical example of this.
	www.wizards.com /sideboard/article.asp?x=sb20010223c (1877 words)

	The Tower Tribune: the True Tabloid of the Tower - 1st and Tower RA Has Red Announcement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		All residents must now readily share all food and clothing and a curfew will be implemented for all comrades to be in their rooms by 9:00.
		Brockwell's announcement comes on the heels of an election debacle, from which Brockwell claims: " the only way for us to free ourselves from the dominating hand of the bourgeois terds is to rise up against them, us the proletariat.
		I will lead you to the future." Brockwell has announced that from now on he is to be referred to as snowball and that Taliaferro is changing its name to college farm.
	www.resnet.wm.edu /~mdduar/paul.htm (346 words)

	Bellagio 5Star World Poker Classic: April 24, 2005
		My reporting on that last hand was kind of ragged, but I wanted to get it to you right away.
		Though play was slow for the first hour or so, when it got fast, it got VERY fast, with five playable hands in a row, including two A-J versus Q-Q confrontations, three hands with pocket queens, and two bustouts in the space of just a couple of hands.
		In the last dozen hands or so, everyone has taken their turn stealing the blinds and antes except Phil Ivey, who as he has for long stretches of this tournament, seems almost not to be here.
	5starpoker.blogspot.com /2005_04_24_5starpoker_archive.html (6581 words)

	Amusing Nicknames for Poker Hands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Two aces is the most dominating hand a player can start with in No Limit Texas Hold’em.
		Some starting hands may not be as powerful as the ones mentioned earlier, but have silly nicknames.
		A ten and a four starting hand play off of radio language that is used on CB radios.
	www.pokertablefun.com /poker-nicknames.shtml (247 words)

	UPF - Starting Hands
		OK. A marginal hand is something that has either a very small amount of equity or a very small amount of loss.
		There could be a lot of talk over which hands are marginal in which position, but the best way to figure out that is to look at a chart of which hands can be played in which position.
		The hands that are played in position X, but not in position X-1 would be marginal hands to play in X-1.
	www.unitedpokerforum.com /archive/2003-05/02/8622 (508 words)

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		His hand still burned, a warmth spreading gently beneath the skin even invading that protected by the ugly reality of the bandages he wore.
		"I can't forgive you." His hand rose to brush shaking fingers over that hand, trailing upward until his palm settled over the back of it to hold it against his cheek in a catlike gesture of a begging nuzzle-- Kitten seeking reassurance from his master.
		Months had been spent painting until his hands ached from holding a brush, or fingers trembled from modeling clay in multiple efforts of ignoring the heat that pooled in his stomach, the hardness that resulted from hearing only that voice.
	www.sakura.ephemeralinfinity.com /SaeRyouAfterParty.htm (5219 words)

	Bellagio 5Star World Poker Classic
		He was just unfortunate to run into Tuan Le with a dominating hand.
		Right now, though, he's going to have to do some voodoo, because he's back where he was about two hours ago: Short stacked, and with his back to the wall.
		Given that their last all-in confrontation featured hands of, let's say, "indifferent quality," it shouldn't be too long before these two get their money in the middle again.
	5starpoker.blogspot.com (868 words)

	Tony G Poker » Blog Archive » World Speed Poker Championships (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		I had a really slow start and all trouble hands to get out of, I went down to about 80k started with 100, this is level 3 3000-6000 and I pick up AJ suited and raise Tony Bloom wakes up on the big blind and re-raises me another 17k I raised 12k.
		Nothing much happens I pick up a hand here and there and manage to steal a few pots in the mean time Sverre is up to about 250k absolutely dominating and playing great poker.
		Next to go is the other Norwegian who I knock out on I held A-8 vs A-10 got lucky the hand before I had the dominating hand and he got lucky and won it.
	www.tonygpoker.com /2005/09/world-speed-poker-championships.html (720 words)

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