THE KID IS FLU$H
November 20, 2005 — This ain’t Bar Mitzvah money! Manhattan kid Nick Schulman became the youngest winner in the history of the World Poker Tour Friday night, pulling in $2.1 million as he wiped the table in a game of no-limit Texas Hold ‘Em at Foxwoods Casino in Connecticut. Two months to the day after reaching the legal gambling age of 21, Schulman, a former tournament pool player, beat out 46-year old Tony Licastro with a spade flush. After being dealt a six and nine of spades, Schulman watched…
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Poker jargon:
- GOOD GAME - A game with players worse than you so that you can expect to win a lot of money.
- SUICIDE KING - King of Hearts. So named because in the drawing the king appears to be stabbing himself in the head.
- 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.
- PAT - Holding or being dealt a pat hand. "I'm pat" would mean "I don't want to draw any cards.
- BLUFF - To make a bet or raise with a poor hand, in hope that the remaining active player(s) will fold.
- HIGH-LOW SPLIT - Forms of poker in which the pot is split between the best hand and best lowball hand.
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