Students go All-Internet
You won’t see him checking your ID at Kilroy’s for extra cash. You won’t see him working for wages at the checkout counter at Target. In fact, you might not see Roger Teska much at all.
That’s because the junior biology major pays his tuition by putting in long hours in front of his computer screen. Teska and others like him have a very profitable knack for online gambling. “Professional card players today can’t afford not to play online because there’s so much easy money,” Teska said. He estimates…
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Poker glossary:
- CALLER - One who calls. Sometimes used collectively, as in "3 callers".
- FISH - A player who loses money. An old saying is "If you can't spot the fish at the table, *you* are the fish.".
- 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.).
- RIDER BACK (TM) - A brand of playing cards that feature a bicycle rider on the back of the cards. Often used in home games. Compare: BEE No. 92.
- RACE - In tournaments it is sometimes convenient to remove all lower-denomination chips from play, as the remaining players' stacks tend to grow. Small chips are converted to larger chips and any odd chips are "raced off" in the following way: each player with odd chips places them in front of his stack and is dealt one card for each chip. Highest card (rank and suit) takes all the small chips and converts them to higher-denomination chips.
- DRAWING DEAD - A draw in which it is impossible to obtain a winning hand for any of a variety of reasons: an opponent's hand is better than whatever you are drawing to, the card(s) that make your hand are out of play, or (in Hold'em) give an opponent a stronger hand even if it makes yours. Frequently used in the past tense, since one rarely knows it at the time.
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