500 to vie for spot in ESPN poker tournament
An expected 500 people will gather at La Villa Real Special Events Center at 7 p.m. today to play Texas Hold ‘em for charity, the winner earning a $10,000 spot on the World Series of Poker. To get into the game, players made a $100 donation to Rio Grande Valley Safe Kids, a program dedicated to preventing accidental childhood injury, such as in automobile accidents. “The reason people want to come out is it’s something that can be fun, and it goes to a good cause”, said Frank Santiago, RGV Safe Kids …
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Poker argot:
- QUALIFIER - A minimum standard that a hand must meet in order to win. Usually applied to the lowball side of a high-low split pot.
- TOP PAIR - In flop games, having a hole card that matches the highest card on the board.
- POSSIBLE [STRAIGHT/FLUSH] - Up cards that quite possibly could lead to a straight and/or a flush.
- TOKE - Gambling term for "tip", as in "Toke the cocktail waitress". Comes from the term "Token of appreciation".
- TO GO - The current betting level, as in "$20 to go" meaning every player must contribute $20 (total) or drop. A $10 raise would then make the pot "$30 to go".
- MARKED CARDS - Cards that have been (illegally) altered so that their value can be read from the back.
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