College Student Wins Tuition In Online Poker Tournament
One college student has won a freeroll poker tournament at Absolute poker, and the first prize is that the online poker room will pay his school fees for a semester. In other news, hundreds of other college students, who believe they have nothing to learn, lost their college tuition (paid for by their parents) playing online poker from the comfort of their dorm rooms…
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Poker jargon:
- FORCED BET - In some stud games a player may be required to make a bet to start the action on the first card. This is similar conceptually to blinds and antes, but in this case is dependent on the cards shown rather than player position. Usually the weakest hand is forced to bet.
- RAIL - A barrier dividing the card playing area from a public area.
- REPRESENT - Implying, by one's betting style, that one has a particular hand.
- SCOOP - To take all of a pot that is normally split, either by winning both halves outright or winning one half when no players qualify for the other half.
- MITES AND LICE - A hand consisting of two pair, threes over twos.
- SHILL - A card room employee who plays with House money, and does not share in any of his (her) winnings or losses. Shills are used to facilitate starting games, and keeping them going. Compare: PROP.
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