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Stud poker is usually played with 5 or which other number of cards?
10
10
9
9
4
4
7
7
When you decide you are not going to continue betting with your hand, what is called?
John Doe
John Doe
Resign
Resign
Death
Death
Fold
Fold
What is the name of the bet which all players make before the hand begins?
Behind
Behind
Ante
Ante
Back In
Back In
Angle
Angle
In most versions of poker, how many cards are dealt to each player?
10
10
6
6
5
5
12
12
What poker term describes the amount of money a player has to wager?
Ante
Ante
Bankroll
Bankroll
Behind
Behind
Backraise
Backraise
A flush is how many consecutive cards of any suit?
3
3
6
6
5
5
4
4
What is the name for a card which can be used to represent any other card?
Ante
Ante
Dummy
Dummy
Wild
Wild
Blind
Blind
Quads is a term used to describe how many cards of the same rank?
Five
Five
Four
Four
Three
Three
Two
Two
How are the cards dealt in Poker?
Alternate player Clockwise
Alternate player Clockwise
Three to the left, three to the right
Three to the left, three to the right
Clockwise
Clockwise
Anti Clockwise
Anti Clockwise
What poker technique means betting high on a poor hand?
Blowing
Blowing
Bluffing
Bluffing
Bleating
Bleating
Blustering
Blustering
Each player is dealt how many cards at the start of a Texas Hold-Em poker game?
3
3
8
8
4
4
2
2
What poker term means a card which can take on any value?
Wild
Wild
Heart
Heart
Sort
Sort
Low
Low
What is the name of the marker used to indicate which player is dealing?
Back
Back
Bock
Bock
Buck
Buck
Bick
Bick
A ‘full ring’ poker game has the maximom number of how many players?
6
6
9
9
5
5
7
7
What hand is five cards in sequence, but not of the same suit?
Pairs
Pairs
Flush
Flush
Straight
Straight
Full House
Full House
What is the word for splitting the cards before dealing?
Knife
Knife
Part
Part
Slice
Slice
Cut
Cut
What is the term meaning all remaining players show their hands and the highest wins?
Smackdown
Smackdown
Showdown
Showdown
Bleed
Bleed
Ante
Ante
If you want to place more money on a bet in Poker, this is called what?
Stash
Stash
Haul
Haul
Raise
Raise
Bank
Bank
What is the first bet called in a poker game?
Andi
Andi
Ante
Ante
Army
Army
Aldi
Aldi
What is the highest value card in Poker?
One
One
Jack
Jack
Ace
Ace
Queen
Queen
What is another name for the opening bet, or ante?
Opened
Opened
Blind
Blind
Stake
Stake
Showdown
Showdown
What is another name for a forced bet placed by a player?
Lame
Lame
Deaf
Deaf
Dumb
Dumb
Blind
Blind
Which card can be high or low?
King
King
Ace
Ace
Queen
Queen
Jack
Jack
A full house is how many of a kind, plus a pair?
5
5
3
3
2
2
4
4
A hand of ‘quads’ means how many cards of a kind?
2
2
4
4
3
3
5
5
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