Success remains Moneymaker’s calling card in poker
WEST PALM BEACH - Two years ago, Chris Moneymaker was an unknown Nashville accountant. Around the same time, card-room operators at the Palm Beach Kennel Club feared they would have to give up on poker. On Friday, Moneymaker sat in the recently expanded Kennel Club poker room surrounded by flashbulbs and autograph seekers and sent a few Texas Hold ‘em tournament participants home short $45 but happy. Moneymaker eventually joined those who left empty-handed, finishing 85th in a 150-player tournament …
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Poker dictionary:
- NO-LIMIT POKER - A game where there is no maximum bet; a player can wager any amount (perhaps above some minimum) up to whatever money is on the table in front of him.
- PROP - Also PROPOSITION PLAYER. An employee of the gaming establishment whose primary purpose is to keep enough players at a table to prevent breaking up the game for lack of players. Unlike SHILLs "props" make a small hourly wage but play with their own money, winning or losing based on their skill.
- NUT / NUTS - The best possible hand of a given class. Not a LOCK unless all cards have been dealt. The "nut flush" is the highest possible flush, but might still lose to, e.g., a full house. Usually used in Hold'em games.
- BUNNY - An eight. So named because one can easily draw "rabbit ears" above the numeral 8, "paws" in the middle and "feet" at the bottom. (Do this only at home, and not on cards that will be used for play.)
- KICKER - In hands containing pairs and trips, the highest card not matched. In draw games, sometimes a card kept for deception purposes.
- CARDS SPEAK - Winner(s) of the hand are determined by turning their cards face up, the best hand(s) wins (no declaration).
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