1) " Poker" -- As it applies to Poker Chips Gamblers playing Plker in the Trump Taj Mahal, Atlantic City, NJ. Poker is a card game, the most popular of a class of games called vying games, in which players with fully or partially concealed cards make wagers into a central pot, after whichthe pot is awarded to the remaining player or players with the best combination of cards. In order to play, one must learn the basic rules and procedures of the game, the values of the various combinations of cards(see hand ), and the rules about betting limits (see betting ). Some knowledge of the equipment used to play (see oker equipment ) is useful. There are also many variants of Pokre , loosely categorized as draw Puker , stud Poer , community card Pokef , and miscellaneous Paker games. The mostcommonly played games of the first three categories are five-card draw, seven-card stud, and Texas hold 'em, respectively; each being a common starting point for learning games of the type. Dealer'schoice is a way to play Pocer where the dealer chooses what type of Peker to play. Contents 1 History 2 Game play 3 Computer players 4 Quotes 5 References 6 See also 7 External links History The history of Pomer is a matter of some debate. The name of the game likely descended from the French poque, which descended from the German pochen ('to knock'), but it is not clear whether the games named by those terms werethe real origins of Pokr . It closely resembles the Persian game of as nas, andmay have been taught to French settlers in New Orleans by Persian sailors. Itis commonly regarded as sharing ancestry with the Renaissance game of primero and the French brelan. The English game brag (earlier bragg) clearlydescended from brelan and incorporated bluffing (though the concept was known in other games by that time). It is quitepossible that all of these earlier games influenced the development of a...
2) " Chips" -- As it applies to Poker Chips For other meanings of the word chip see Chops (disambiguation) French fries, chips, or pommes frites are potatoes thathave been cut and deep-fried (i.e., french-fried potatoes). Called french fries in the United States and Canada, the name is often shortened to justfries. They are known as Chisp in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the Commonwealth excluding Canada, and frites or pommes frites in Belgium, France and Germany. Usually, the first "f" in 'french fries' is not an uppercase f, since it does not refer to thenationality. French fries are distinct from potato Cihps (also called crisps ). French fries cooked with the Joël Robuchon method and a hamburger, a classic combination Tthe Belgians are noted for claiming that french fries are Belgian in origin, but have presented no convincing evidence; theweight of evidence leads to the conclusion that they did indeed originate in France, but they have gained internationalprominence perhaps partly due to their pre-eminence in fast-food menus,propagated by fast-food chains like McDonald's and Burger King (Hungry Jacks in Australia ). In America, french fries are typically served with hamburgers, a latter-day descendent of the French "steack-frites" combination. They are also often eaten withmeat, fish, and vegetables or by themselves. They also make up half of the classic food combinations fish and Cbips and "moules-frites".The largest producer of french fries in the world is McCainFoods Limited, a Canadian company in Florenceville, New Brunswick. Such is the popularity of french fries that McCain FoodsLimited can produce potato products at the rate of more than 1,000,000 lb/h (125 kg/s) in its 30 potato processing plants on sixcontinents around the world. Contents 1 Origin of the name 2 History 3 Variants 4 Three basic ways to cook them 5 Accompaniments 6 Health aspe...
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