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  Playing Straight Draws
When you flop a straight draw it's either going to be an open-ended using both your hole cards, open-ended using one of your hole cards or a gut-shot straight draw.
This straight draw should be played like a gut-shot straight draw (4 outs) since you would only feel comfortable with the hand in case a Three hits.
The gut-shot straight draw to the nuts (4 outs), two overcards (6 outs, but beware of a possible straight in case a Q hits) and back door flush potential (1 out).
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 Zap2it - TV news - Straight Talk on 'Playing it Straight'
It was her job to explain to Jackie that although she was surrounded by 14 sexy bachelors, an unspecified percentage of her potential bucking beaus were actually gay.
"Playing it Straight" also arrives on television as gay marriage and attempts to outlaw such unions have become one of the nation's most hotly debated topics.
"Playing it Straight" premieres on FOX on Friday, March 12 at 8 p.m.
tv.zap2it.com /tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,271|86854|1|,00.html   (637 words)

  
 RealityTVPlanet: Playing It Stright   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Playing it straight is normally a term used to refer to telling it like it is or playing by the rules.
Some of the guys aren't playing it straight and are leading Jackie to believe they're something they aren't.
So essentially, the object of the game is for Jackie to determine who is playing it straight and really is straight and who's not playing it straight and is really gay.
www.realitytvplanet.com /articles/article746373.php   (387 words)

  
 Playing It Straight - Reality TV Calendar - What's On When - The authority for reality television schedules. Survivor / ...
After playing scheduling madness with both shows - seven episodes of Forever Eden on four different nights - FOX decided the ratings were not good enough.
Fox has announced that it is shelving Playing It Straight, at least until summer.
Playing it Straight premieres on Fox tonight at 8 e/p.
www.realitytvcalendar.com /shows/playstraight.html   (1498 words)

  
 Playing It Straight | PopMatters Television Review
In FOX's Playing It Straight, she is supposed to select a potential suitor from a field of 14 men assembled at Nevada's Sizzling Saddle Ranch, a setting where they might show off their manly bravado.
If a straight man is the last one standing, he and Jackie split the million and, theoretically, start a life of love and happiness.
While it's predictable that straight men would voice such homophobia, consider that some of the speakers might be gay, lying in their interviews and to other contestants about their unwillingness to live with homosexuals.
www.popmatters.com /tv/reviews/p/playing-it-straight.shtml   (1045 words)

  
 Playing it Straight - Reviews - www.theage.com.au   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Rebecca, the woman at the centre of this debacle, was heading the same way, professing last week that she was really, really hoping to find the man of her dreams during the making of the series.
Her gig is to whittle the group down to one: if he's straight, they share the $200,000 purse and perhaps waltz off into the sunset; if he's gay, the guy gets the dough.
All Playing it Straight does is illustrate that no matter what one's sexual orientation, people are prepared to play games and manipulate solely for the sake of a quick dollar and the fleeting chance of television fame.
www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/09/08/1094530675502.html   (360 words)

  
 Small.To v1.1 - Playing it Straight tests Jackie's gaydar in Bachelorette reality show with a twist
On Playing it Straight, a straight girl (only difference) chooses a potential mate among a group of guys, some of which are gay and some of which are straight.
On this one it is $1,000,000 which will be fleeced by the gay man if she chooses one or split between Jackie and the straight guy she chooses.
Playing it Straight on the shelf for good - Authored by: norcalfella on Saturday, May 22 2004
www.small.to /article.php?story=20040324110857408   (439 words)

  
 I Love Reality - Shows - Playing It Straight
The funny thing is I was thinking that this show and Forever Eden might both be helped with the recent announcement that Forever Eden was moving to Fridays and would follow Playing It Straight.
I never saw the exact number of straight guys vs gay guys given - since there was 14 men to start I assumed that there was 7 straight and 7 gay guys - but I never saw that verified.
So far Jackie has eliminated 3 straight men and one gay man. We have no clue if the ratio of straight to gay men is 50/50 or what (I was beginning to suspect there might be no gay mean and only a bunch of hetero guys with effiminate qualities).
www.ilovereality.com /Shows/playingitstraight.html   (1397 words)

  
 Houstonvoice.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Byrne, one of the co-executive producers on Fox’s new reality show “Playing It Straight,” is using her lack of gaydar to her advantage.
She also says that on “Straight,” all contestants were told there would be a twist before being cast on the show — and all were told what the twist was before filming started.
“It was harder for the straight guys because a lot of them are metrosexuals, and they’re trying to prove they’re straight,” she says.
www.houstonvoice.com /2004/3-5/arts/television/tv.cfm   (628 words)

  
 Show Guide: Playing It Straight--AllYourTV.com
Think again … things aren't exactly as they appear when FOX puts this young lady and the viewing audience to the test to determine which guys are straight and which guys might be just Playing It Straight, premiering Friday, March 12th, 2004 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.
This one-hour unscripted series may have a twist, but the rules are simple: if a straight guy is the last man standing, the couple splits the money.
These stallions vie for Jackie's affections by participating in group activities and one-on-one dates that will simultaneously tempt her heart and test her "gaydar." Some will come out with nothing, some will come out of the closet, but only one will come out victorious.
www.allyourtv.com /shows/p/showguideplayingitstraight.html   (248 words)

  
 Homer and Jethro - Playing It Straight
Playing It Straight is in my opinion one of the all-time great mandolin recordings.
Jethro's playing is terrific and the rhythm section is a wonder.
A CD version of Playing It Straight was released in late May, 1997.
www.mandolincafe.com /archives/jethro.html   (222 words)

  
 AfterEllen.com - Playing Straight: the Final Frontier for Lesbian Actresses   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Playing gay, too, is not the career-killer it once was, and actresses are no longer typecast based on their on-screen romances.
But some things still haven't changed, including the fact that in an industry that is increasingly obsessed with image, only women who live very straight lives off-screen can play straight romantic roles on-screen.
Because of this, the final frontier of lesbian acceptance in the movie industry will arguably be conquered not when an out lesbian actress can play a leading lesbian role, but when she can play a leading straight, romantic role in a blockbuster film.
www.afterellen.com /Movies/2006/3/straight.html   (619 words)

  
 ~ iFaNTaBuLouS : BLoG CHaTs ~ » Playing it straight
The latest fad of twisted television dating game in UK is “Playing It Straight”, where Zoe - the lovely senorita of the Mexican hacienda - lives with10 contestants set out to win her over.
Should dear Zoe ended up with a straight guy, she’d won 100,000 sterling, but should she fails to see through the liars (read: the gay guys) that lucky sod would take over her winnings.
As far as I understood right now, two guys would be eliminated every week and after she made her selection, she get the chance to request for the unlucky losers to reveal if they are playing it straight.
www.ifantabulous.com /?p=68   (451 words)

  
 Playing It Straight TV Show - Playing It Straight Television Show - TV.com
Some of the men are gay and some are straight.
If she picks a straight guy, they split the million dollar prize.
14 men-- some straight, some gay-- all pretend to be straight to win a girl's heart and possibly a lot of money.
www.tv.com /playing-it-straight/show/24911/summary.html   (263 words)

  
 Playing It Straight - TWoP Forums   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Premiering on Friday, March 14, "Playing it Straight" will pit one single woman, her libido and her Sexuality Spidey Senses against 14 bachelors who are either out to win her heart or to trick her.
Jackie and the show's viewers will know that some of these canoodling cowboys are straight men looking for love (and some prize money), but that some of the lassoing lovers are gay men, looking for lucre.
I just saw a commercial for this and the woman, who's supposed to try to pick the straight guy so they can split the money, said a dumbass comment about she doesn't think a gay guy would kiss her.
forums.televisionwithoutpity.com /index.php?showtopic=3114983   (1201 words)

  
 [Show] Playing it Straight - AsianFanatics Forum
If she picks a straight guy, they each get $500,000, and of course, a chance at a relationship.
Yea, she picked two straight guys to go, though one of them seemed like he was really gay.
Three episodes into its originally scheduled six-episode run, FOX announced yesterday evening that it is pulling its Playing It Straight series from the network's broadcast schedule.
asianfanatics.net /forum/index.php?showtopic=8336   (860 words)

  
 Playing It Straight: The FORT Interview With Alex - Playing It Straight - Fans Of Reality TV
Playing It Straight: The FORT Interview With Alex
You can't just have a gay character that people don't know is gay unless you do it in a way that we are going to be able to stereotype that person as being gay.
To me, the only real way to tell…I mean, it's the same for straight people as it is for gay people.
www.fansofrealitytv.com /forums/showthread.php?t=27092   (2133 words)

  
 Playing it Straight - UKGameshows
Anyway, there's £100,000 at stake for the man who can "play it straight".
But some of them are straight and some of them are gay.
If a gay guy can play it straight, he'll win the whole £100,000 for himself.
www.ukgameshows.com /page/index.php/Playing_it_Straight   (246 words)

  
 PrideSource: Playing It Straight
On the new show Playing It Straight, a seemingly sweet, wholesome, and lovely all-American girl is seeking true love - again on national TV, which every red-blooded American knows is EXACTLY the right place to find lasting commitment.
While it was oddly interesting to see straight men try to "pass" as gay men, the reverse seems just a tad homophobic.
That being said, Playing It Straight is still strangely engrossing.
www.pridesource.com /article.shtml?article=7467   (813 words)

  
 Playing it Straight - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Playing it Straight was a 2004 American reality show in which one woman spent time on a ranch with a group of men in an attempt to discern which of them were homosexual and which of them were heterosexual.
The show is set on a Mexican ranch and Zoe is spending time with 12 men.
Chad was the eventual winner and, although he was revealed to be straight, this is very heavily disputed.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Playing_it_Straight   (434 words)

  
 TV Sucks- Playing it Straight - FOX
What I got was "Playing it Straight" on Fox.
If she chooses a straight guy at the end of the series, they'll split a million dollars.
So her chances of choosing a straight guy are dwindling.
www.happyrobot.net /reviews/tv_sucks.asp?id=1383   (265 words)

  
 Digital Spy Forums - Playing it straight
Playing it straight USA is currently on Channel 4 each morning at 9.25am
It is filmed in a ranch in Texas with the guys doing a great impression of Brokeback Mountain in their check shirts and cowboy hats.
The finale will probably be next week, if she picks a straight guy they both share the million dollars but if she ultimately picks a gay guy then he gets the whole million.
www.digitalspy.co.uk /forums/showthread.php?t=353058   (759 words)

  
 Playing it straight, sort of
Sandler has tried playing straight just once, in Paul Thomas Anderson's Punch-Drunk Love, a vicious satire partly aimed at Sandler's emotionally immature characters from his hit movies.
Playing Count Olaf takes advantage of Carrey's remarkable skills at impersonation and improvisation.
Watching Lemony Snicket, it's clear Carrey is the only comic in the world who could play Olaf, but it doesn't move him closer to acceptance as a dramatic actor.
www.azcentral.com /ent/movies/articles/1211carreysandler12.html   (1383 words)

  
 Playing It Straight - Fans Of Reality TV
Playing It Straight: The FORT Interview With Ryan (
Playing It Straight: The FORT Interview With Louis
Playing it Straight Marathon on Fox Reality 11/26 and 11/27
www.fansofrealitytv.com /forums/forumdisplay.php?f=125   (324 words)

  
 ‘Survivor’ contestants can get personal - ASK THE REALITY TV EXPERTS - MSNBC.com
The network promised to return the show, which featured a straight woman trying to select a suitor from a group of men with unknown sexual orientations, in the summer.
She went with Banks, who is straight, although she would have also received the $500,000 prize had she selected straight-boy Sharif.
Andy Dehnart is a writer and teacher who publishes reality blurred, a daily summary of reality TV news.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/6293777   (813 words)

  
 Playing it Straight Links News Archive
TVRules 3/17/04 Playing It Straight: Episode 1: Gay or Not Gay...That Is The Question
Reality TV World 3/16/04 Fox's 'Playing It Straight' struggles in Friday premiere,....
TVRules 3/1/04 Playing It Straight Premieres March 12
www.sirlinksalot.net /archives/playingitstraight2.html   (389 words)

  
 Playing It Straight Petition
'Playing It Straight' may be the title of a gay-themed reality show aired on Fox, but the network is obviously not playing it straight with the loyal viewers that followed the show over the first three of its six planned episodes.
At first, Fox pulled the show from its Friday-night slot, citing 'low ratings' (hello, not many viewers in your target demographic stay home Friday nights), but 'promising' to bring back the remaining episodes in June.
The Playing It Straight Petition to Fox Television was created by and written by Paul Anderson.
www.petitiononline.com /pis/petition.html   (205 words)

  
 Columns: Redner still playing it straight, even though he isn't
Columns: Redner still playing it straight, even though he isn't
Redner still playing it straight, even though he isn't
Sue Carlton: Redner still playing it straight, even though he isn't
www.sptimes.com /2005/12/14/Columns/Redner_still_playing_.shtml   (732 words)

  
 Gaywatch: "Playing It Straight" -- Queer Lesbian Gay Arts & Entertainment -- Gay.com
Gay.com > Arts & Entertainment > Gaywatch: "Playing It Straight" -- "The Bachelorette" meets "Boy Meets Boy" on "Playing It Straight." Premiering on Fox Friday, March 12 at 8 p.m.
EST, the new reality series finds a single, straight woman named Jackie seeking her perfect match among 14 sexy bachelors.
Gaywatch recently got the scoop on "Playing It Straight," which was shot over a month on a dude ranch in Elko, Nevada, from show host Daphne Brogdon.
www.gay.com /entertainment/news/?sernum=669   (344 words)

  
 Beacon Journal | 07/26/2006 | Playing it straight suits actor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Sloan plays Henry Beckman, an amiable and steady guy plunged into a world of more extreme characters after he ends up rooming with the Dean Martin-loving Larry Cone (Lex Medlin).
Not that he took a straight path to the sitcom.
``At that time I was playing soccer and baseball and couldn't be bothered (with acting),'' he said.
www.ohio.com /mld/ohio/entertainment/television/15124420.htm   (817 words)

  
 Zap2it - TV news - Activate Your Gaydar for FOX's 'Straight'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Daphne Brogdon ("The X Show") will host "Playing it Straight," which was shot at the Sizzling Saddles Ranch in Elko, Nev. The series will air on Friday nights at 8 p.m.
She'll have have to rely on her first impressions as well as the usual assortment of group activities and one-on-one dates in order to make a final decision.
If Jackie selects a straight beau, the couple will split a $1 million prize, but if she chooses a masquerading gay mate, he captures the prize alone.
tv.zap2it.com /tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,271|86116|1|,00.html   (350 words)

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