Dead man's hand in popular culture it, suggesting to the viewer he is familiar with the implication of those cards. On "The X-Files" episode entitled "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose", the title character is playing poker with Agent Scully and is seen holding a full house of aces and eights (the ace of hearts being the fifth card). In "The Assassin" (Season 3 Episode 11) of the television series "The Pretender", poker plays a key role, including the appearance of the dead man's hand at the end of the episode. In a first episode of "Quantum Leap" ("How The Tess Was Won") a character attempts to rig
Poker round, if one player bets, no opponents choose to "call" (match) the bet, and all opponents instead "fold", the hand ends immediately, the bettor is awarded the pot, no cards are required to be shown, and the next hand begins. This is what makes bluffing possible. Bluffing is a primary feature of poker, one that distinguishes it from other vying games and from other games that make use of poker hand rankings. At the end of the last betting round, if more than one player remains, there is a showdown, in which the players reveal their previously hidden cards and