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Made hand

admin — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:50:16 +0000

In poker, a made hand is one that does not need improvement to win, in contrast to a drawing hand. For example in Draw poker, if you have two pair, and your opponent is drawing for a straight or flush, you are said to have a made hand because even though you will be drawing a card just as he will, you can win even if you don’t draw a card that improves your hand, while he cannot win unless he improves.

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