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hole card
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a hole card (American)
a secret advantage that is ready to use when you need it. She still had one hole card to get out of police custody - a phone call to an influential friend.
See also: card, hole


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Hill tried to make poker a regular Fox program eight years ago, but not until the technology of minicameras were developed a few years ago to show the hole cards did poker really explode as a TV event picked up in some version by all-sports channels looking for the coveted 18-to-34 aged male audience.
It's no limit and we show the hole cards because that is what the public likes.
Well-placed cameras reveal each player's hole cards, allowing viewers at home to revel in omniscience even as they attempt to follow the thought processes of the bettors and sharpen their own skills at home.
 
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