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means In Texas hold'em and similar poker games, the river card is the fifth and final community card dealt, completing every player's hand and triggering the last round of betting.
from The fifth street has been called the "river" in poker slang for a long time, though exactly why is uncertain. The most repeated story claims it comes from riverboat gambling on the Mississippi, where a cheat caught slipping in a final card was supposedly thrown into the river — a colorful tale, but unproven and likely folk etymology. "River" simply became dealers' jargon for the last card, with "turn" (fourth street) flowing into the "river" that ends the hand.
- name origin
- named for Mississippi riverboat cheaters dealt a saving card
- the fifth
- final community card after the turn
- rivered
- verb meaning to win on this exact card
- no escape
- last chance, no more betting rounds after
texas hold'em — the fifth and final community card dealt in poker, used in thousands of games daily
world series of poker — major tournaments in las vegas where river card decisions determine million-dollar outcomes