Is a musical career in the cards for poker champ?
Tom Sartori was the classic struggling musician, complete with a creaky old van that carried his amps from his hometown of Buffalo, N.Y., to gigs in East Coast college towns. Then, a year and a half ago, the singer-songwriter with black spiky hair learned to play poker.
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Poker terminology:
- OMAHA - A variant of Hold'em where each player receives 4 hole cards and must use exactly two of them (together with 3 of 5 board cards) to make a hand. Often played high-low split with an 8 qualifier for low.
- TRIP - Three of a specific kind, as in "Trip sixes".
- FREEZE-OUT - A table-stakes game that continues until a small number of players (possibly only one) has all the money. The major event in The World Series of Poker is a freeze-out game.
- OVERPAIR - In Hold'em, a pair in the hole that is larger than any community card on the board.
- THIRD STREET - In Stud, the third card dealt to each player.
- RUNNER-RUNNER - A hand made using both of the last two cards dealt.
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