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The player at the
dealer's left must open the pot and (usually) the next player at
the left must raise. This game is necessarily played "pass
and out" before the draw but is usually played "pass and
back in" after the draw.
This is the form of the game favored in men's private clubs throughout
the United States from coast to coast, and it is almost the only
form of poker played in countries other than the United States.
In fact, many American servicemen returning from World War II overseas
called it "English poker," "Australian poker,"
and so on. It is the appropriate game for clubmen, who by definition
are well-to-do and like a lot of action.
When you start off the pot with anywhere from two to ten times the
amount it costs a person to play, the odds offered by the pot are
so attractive that usually several players stay in. There is a fallacy
connected with this (which I will reveal later) but the fact remains
that it gives big bettors an outlet for their gambling instincts.
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