Sandstorm chokes Mideast for second day. A massive sandstorm choked the Middle East for a second day Tuesday, grounding air travel and air strikes, and prompting health warnings for millions of residents in Israel, Syria, Egypt, Lebanon and Jordan. Post to Facebook. massive sandstorm has blanketed much of the Middle East. Large parts of Lebanon, Israel and Cyprus were shrouded in a thick cloud of dust that meteorologists said had blown in from Iraq and Syria.
A boat in a game of poker is three of a kind and two of a kind in the same hand, otherwise known as a Full House. Hitting a boat, particularly Hold'em can be a money spinner as often your opponents won't give you credit for more than a set, at best.
To limp in poker is to bet the absolute minimum needed to stay in a hand. Limping is often used when the little blind simply calls the big blind instead of raising. It's also known as limp in, flat call, or calling the blind. An open limp is when the first player to enter the pot preflop bets only the amount of the big blind, the minimum bet.