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 jargon:
- BIG BLIND - A blind bet, usually a raise of an earlier blind which would be called the SMALL BLIND. In limit poker, the BIG BLIND is usually the size of the minimum bet on the first round of betting.
- LITTLE SLICK - In Hold'em, hole cards of A-2, suited or not.
- FIFTH STREET - In stud poker, the fifth card to be dealt to each player. Sometimes used to refer to the last card dealt in Hold'em, although the more common term for this is RIVER (q.v.).
- BAD GAME - Any game in which you figure to be the loser, because the other players are better than you.
- 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.
- NUT / NUTS - The best possible hand of a given class. Not a LOCK unless all cards have been dealt. The "nut flush" is the highest possible flush, but might still lose to, e.g., a full house. Usually used in Hold'em games.
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