Debbie Burkhead Interviews JC Targon: Cardroom Manager at the Rivera
JC Targon was born in Los Angeles, California in 1953. He graduated from Monroe High School in the San Fernando Valley in 1971.
After graduation from high school he enrolled in Pierce Community College in Woodland Hills, California. After a couple of years he decided to leave his education behind and entered the restaurant industry. He spent a couple of years in restaurant management before he decided to take the plunge into the gaming industry.
In 1980 his introduction into the world of gaming came when he was hired to work the board at the Bell Club in Bell California. He eventually worked his way up to a floor position for both Pan and Poker.
JC made another decision in 1982 when he packed up and left California and headed for Las Vegas in pursuit of furthering his career in the gaming business. His first job in Las Vegas was dealing pan at the Sahara.
A year later, in 1983, JC was offered a Pan dealer/ floor position at th… Continue reading Debbie Burkhead Interviews JC Targon: Cardroom Manager at the Rivera
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Poker terminology:
- CASE - The fourth card of a particular rank, as in "he folded the case 9" when describing where all the 9s were in a hand. Comes from the game of Faro where an employee of the house, called the "case keeper". kept track of the number of each rank of card remaining.
- RIVER - The last card dealt in a hand of stud or Hold'em.
- FLAT CALL - To call a bet. Emphasizes that the caller did not raise.
- SEAT POSITION - The actual seat a player has, normally numbered sequentially starting with 1 as the first seat to dealer's left. Not to be confused with POSITION in a particular pot. Typically unrelated to play of a hand but often important in peripheral aspects, e.g.: "Seats 1 and 10 are nonsmoking here", "Seat 5 has a good view of the table", "Seat 3 is in a high-traffic area".
- DEAD MAN'S HAND - Generically: two pair, aces and eights. Specifically: the black aces, black eights and nine of diamonds. The hand Wild Bill Hickok was holding when he was shot to death.
- SHARK - A good/crafty player often posing as a fish early in the game.
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