Winner Emerges from First Extreme Poker Tournament
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts (PRESS RELEASE) - Juha Helppi risked life and limb yesterday and made poker history, as he emerged from the briny deep off the coast of St. Kitts the first InterPoker Extreme Poker Champion, having outwitted his opponents at 30 feet below sea level in the first ever underwater poker tournament. Helppi made short work of his competitors, including seasoned tournament professionals Phil Laak and Kenna James, as well as Internet qualifier Louise H. from Denmark and InterPoker…
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Poker glossary:
- READ - To determine whether an opponent has a good, medium or bad hand by observing his personal behavior. An inexact science.
- SEVENTH STREET - The seventh card dealt in 7-card stud.
- STRING BET - An unethical and often illegal means of raising whereby a player puts a call-size stack of chips into the pot and, after observing the reactions of the players, then goes back to his stack and puts out more, thus raising.
- LATE POSITION - For a particular betting round, a player who does not have to act until most of the other players have acted.
- HOLE CARDS - In Stud and Hold'em, the face-down cards dealt to each player.
- RERAISE - To raise after an opponent has raised.
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