Okay, I know there are 270,725 different 4 card combos.  Also, I’m pretty sure that the odds of 2 players playing heads-up both getting aces are 1/270,725.  (Even though they could each get their aces in six different ways, it doesn’t seem to change the odds to me.) But what about two pairs of aces [...]

Playing in games (both home and casino) here in Southern California, I have always heard the word “over” describing a full house.  For example, AAAQQ is “aces over queens.”  However, at a home game in Seatlle, the hand AAQQ (two pair) is called “aces over queens.”  They said that the only correct terminology for a [...]

I was playing in a stud8 tourney at the Clearwawter Casino in Suquamish, WA when the following thing happened: The limits are 50-100, and on fifth street, Player A goes all in with 50. Player B acts next and says “raise” and puts in 100 (I believe she thought the full bet limit was 50 [...]