Ellix and The Professor
On May 18, 2004, after providing some personal cases in point for my friend Andy Glazer as he worked on “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Poker” (Alpha), I finished fourth in the World Series of Poker limit hold ‘em championship at Binion’s Horseshoe, the last time it would ever be played there. During the televised final-table action, a wrangle broke out between me and Ellix Powers, a player from Los Angeles. Powers had been taunting T.J. Cloutier and David Chiu, two of the greatest players alive.
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Poker talk:
- BEE No. 92 (TM) - Trade name for the "diamond back" cards frequently used in casino games. Compare: RIDER BACK.
- CASE - The fourth card of a particular rank, as in "he folded the case 9" when describing where all the 9s were in a hand. Comes from the game of Faro where an employee of the house, called the "case keeper". kept track of the number of each rank of card remaining.
- HIGH-LOW SPLIT - Forms of poker in which the pot is split between the best hand and best lowball hand.
- BIG BOBTAIL - An open-ended 4-card straight flush.
- COMPUTER HAND - Texas Hold'em hole cards of Q-7 offsuit. More generically, any hand that computer analysis/simulation determines is positive but turns out to be difficult to play in practice.
- OVERPAIR - In Hold'em, a pair in the hole that is larger than any community card on the board.
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