Poker Whiz Sartori Hopes to Deal an Ace in Music
The maverick musician from Buffalo, N.Y., travels the country singing his songs and raking in the chips. Thirty-year-old Tom Sartori is using his fame at the poker table to boost his career onstage and in the recording business. “The publicity has been helpful, ” Sartori said last week while in town competing with 450 other poker players in the Doyle Brunson North American Poker Championship, a World Poker Tour event, at the Bellagio. He was ousted about halfway through, but picked up $20,000 in …
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Useful poker information:
- WIRED [PAIR] - A pair in the hole. In 5-card stud, a door card that pairs the hole card.
- SEAT POSITION - The actual seat a player has, normally numbered sequentially starting with 1 as the first seat to dealer's left. Not to be confused with POSITION in a particular pot. Typically unrelated to play of a hand but often important in peripheral aspects, e.g.: "Seats 1 and 10 are nonsmoking here", "Seat 5 has a good view of the table", "Seat 3 is in a high-traffic area".
- RUSH - A winning streak. Also "ON A RUSH".
- ONE-EYED - The jack of hearts, jack of spades or king of diamonds. So named because the characters are drawn in profile, thus showing only one eye.
- ASSAULT RIFLE - In Omaha, hole cards that are A-K-4-7 of any suit(s).
- SPLIT [THE POT] - To split the pot between two or more players. Related term: QUARTER.
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