Man scores win at Score poker tourney in E.C.
EAST CHICAGO | It started with 120 players. But, in the end, Elmer Del Rosario of Woodridge, Ill., was the last player with the chips in the second annual Resorts East Chicago/670 The Score celebrity poker tournament held this past Saturday at the Resorts Casino.
“The Terminator,” as Del Rosario is called by some of his fellow players, took home a good portion of the $36,000 overall purse.
Del Rosario built a stack of chips in the early rounds and kept the momentum going. His pile was insurmountable for runner-up, former major league baseball player John Cangelosi.
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Poker terminology:
- ROLLED UP - In seven-card stud, being dealt three of a kind in the first three cards.
- DEALER'S CHOICE - In home games, a rule that permits the dealer to name which poker game to be played that hand. Often limited to selecting from a list provided.
- EXPECTATION - The long-run [dis-]advantage of a given situation, specifically without reference to any particular outcome. I.e., what you figure to win [lose] on average after a large number of repetitions of the same situation.
- FLOORMAN - The casino representative in charge of the card room or a section of a card room. Arbitrates disputes when unusual events happen.
- COMPUTER HAND - Texas Hold'em hole cards of Q-7 offsuit. More generically, any hand that computer analysis/simulation determines is positive but turns out to be difficult to play in practice.
- KICKER - In hands containing pairs and trips, the highest card not matched. In draw games, sometimes a card kept for deception purposes.
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