Card sharp Matt eyes up poker millions
An IT worker from the Capital is to battle it out with world class poker players at an international tournament in the Bahamas.
More than £2 million is up for grabs when Matt Milne takes part in the World Poker Tour event on Paradise Island.
Mr Milne, a helpdesk worker, won his place by finishing first out of 180 other people…
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Poker slang:
- CHASE - To continue in a hand, often at poor odds, in the hopes of catching a much better hand. "He called, chasing the flush.".
- 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.
- FLUSH - A poker hand consisting of five cards all one suit.
- POSSIBLE [STRAIGHT/FLUSH] - Up cards that quite possibly could lead to a straight and/or a flush.
- LEAK - To show one's hole cards (often unknowingly).
- 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.).
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