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English term or phrase:
precarious busted flush
English answer:
daring play in poker games
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Charles Davis
Nov 5, 2012 17:27
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precarious busted flush
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daring play in poker games
I presume this is the sense of it. It certainly refers to playing poker. A busted flush is a hand that could become a flush (five cards of the same suit) if you draw the right card; it normally contains four cards of the same suit:
"Poker Rules and Terms: Busted Flush
This term describes when a player's hand consists of an incomplete flush that usually includes four cards of the same suit.
SoundPoker Says: In hold'em if you were dealt a K-J (spades) and the flop showed 3 (spades), 7 (spades) and A (hearts), you would have K-J-7-3 all of spades. If the turn was the queen of hearts and the river a 9 of diamonds you would have a four card flush. Or what is also referred to as a "busted flush".
http://www.answers.com/topic/busted-flush
So I think "precarious" refers to betting on a busted flush, in the hope of drawing a card of the right suit and making a flush, but it's a precarious and therefore daring play because the odds are against drawing the right card.
"Poker Rules and Terms: Busted Flush
This term describes when a player's hand consists of an incomplete flush that usually includes four cards of the same suit.
SoundPoker Says: In hold'em if you were dealt a K-J (spades) and the flop showed 3 (spades), 7 (spades) and A (hearts), you would have K-J-7-3 all of spades. If the turn was the queen of hearts and the river a 9 of diamonds you would have a four card flush. Or what is also referred to as a "busted flush".
http://www.answers.com/topic/busted-flush
So I think "precarious" refers to betting on a busted flush, in the hope of drawing a card of the right suit and making a flush, but it's a precarious and therefore daring play because the odds are against drawing the right card.
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