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单词 four flush
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Definition of four flush in English:

four flush

noun
North American
  • A poker hand of little value, having four cards of the same suit and one of another.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • If you have a four-flush after the flop, there are nine of your suit left in the deck, so you have nine outs.
    • If you flop a four flush or an open-ended straight you can continue if the pot odds justify it, especially if you are drawing to the nuts.
    • If we are known to check-raise all-in with a four-flush after the flop (as mentioned above), it will be right to check-raise all-in when we have a great hand too.
    • In this form of poker, there are two extra recognized hands in addition to the standard ones: four-straights and four-flushes, ranking between one pair and two pairs.
    • Although it would be possible to flop a four-flush or flush, the hand would have little value unless you held the A of the suit.
    • As a side note, were you the player with the four-flush in this situation, a call would be okay.
    • Being dealt a pat flush before any cards are dealt and getting that flush after you're already holding a four-flush are two completely different things!
    • Always hold High Cards when you are dealt no pairs, four-flush or open-ended four straight - in other words, miscellaneous high cards.
    • This means that the odds are more than 4 to 1 against you when you draw one card to a four-flush.
    • Mostly, online, I've just been hammering away with the big hands, and lying in wait with all those top-pairs, four-flushes, and OESDs.
    • A four straight and a four flush both rank as hands.
    • Danger arises when the four flush doesn't hit on the flop, but I pair my A, K or low kicker card.
    • Even the best possible bluff - where the player holds an Ace or King, another card which matches the dealer's upcard, and a four-flush of the same suit as the dealer's upcard - is unfavorable.
    • Just remember, a four-flush with A-K on the flop is a powerful hand that should be played aggressively.
    • On the flop, the contest is often heads-up, and the four flush loses money on every additional bet to the pot.
verb
[no object]North American informal
  • Keep up a pretence; bluff.

    your mother will get wise that you're four-flushing

Derivatives

  • four-flusher

  • nounˌfɔːˈflʌʃə
    North American
    • To have this four-flusher, fly-by-nighter talking about a loser is pretty rich, is it not?
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Specifically, a four-flusher is someone who pretends to have a flush when he's really one card short.
      • Some wealthy people and a lot of four-flushers like to show people how rich they are.
      • The winners, of course, are the four-flushers who sell such foolishness.
      • What Jackson does not mention is that many of Bonnet's contemporaries, French and Soviet, considered him to be a yellow, treasonous, double-talking four-flusher.
 
 

Definition of four flush in US English:

four flush

noun
North American
  • A poker hand of little value, having four cards of the same suit and one of another.

    Compare with flush
    Example sentencesExamples
    • This means that the odds are more than 4 to 1 against you when you draw one card to a four-flush.
    • Mostly, online, I've just been hammering away with the big hands, and lying in wait with all those top-pairs, four-flushes, and OESDs.
    • In this form of poker, there are two extra recognized hands in addition to the standard ones: four-straights and four-flushes, ranking between one pair and two pairs.
    • As a side note, were you the player with the four-flush in this situation, a call would be okay.
    • Even the best possible bluff - where the player holds an Ace or King, another card which matches the dealer's upcard, and a four-flush of the same suit as the dealer's upcard - is unfavorable.
    • Always hold High Cards when you are dealt no pairs, four-flush or open-ended four straight - in other words, miscellaneous high cards.
    • Just remember, a four-flush with A-K on the flop is a powerful hand that should be played aggressively.
    • If you have a four-flush after the flop, there are nine of your suit left in the deck, so you have nine outs.
    • Although it would be possible to flop a four-flush or flush, the hand would have little value unless you held the A of the suit.
    • If we are known to check-raise all-in with a four-flush after the flop (as mentioned above), it will be right to check-raise all-in when we have a great hand too.
    • On the flop, the contest is often heads-up, and the four flush loses money on every additional bet to the pot.
    • Being dealt a pat flush before any cards are dealt and getting that flush after you're already holding a four-flush are two completely different things!
    • A four straight and a four flush both rank as hands.
    • Danger arises when the four flush doesn't hit on the flop, but I pair my A, K or low kicker card.
    • If you flop a four flush or an open-ended straight you can continue if the pot odds justify it, especially if you are drawing to the nuts.
verb
[no object]North American informal
  • 1(in poker) bluff when holding a weak hand, particularly a four flush.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Van Alstyne held the A and four flushed to double up to 60k.
    1. 1.1 Keep up a pretense; bluff.
      your mother will get wise that you're four-flushing
 
 
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