Maryland Pet Store Owner Gets Assist From His Cat in Winning Ferrari on Free Online Poker Tournament at PartyPoker.net
Bruce Bartfeld of Churchville, Maryland was playing a free-entry online poker tournament on PartyPoker.net and was running out of chips. The 52-year-old pet store owner says he has his cat Sadie to thank for helping him claw his way back-and right into the seat of a brand new Ferrari F430 Coupe.
“I was really short stacked,” said Bartfeld. “Then Sadie decided to jump up and sit on my lap and my luck changed for the better. They say cats have nine lives; Sadie certainly gave me a lifeline.”
Bartfeld was playing in his first tournament in an online poker room. PartyPoker operates the world’s largest online poker room, PartyPoker.com and its companion play-for-free education site, PartyPoker.net, where Bartfield played in a “freeroll” Texas Hold’em tournament-without spending a penny. The married grandfather of one beat thousands of top players…
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Poker lexicon:
- FIXED LIMIT - A betting structure where the amount of each bet is a specific fixed quantity. Usually specified as A-B, where A is the amount to bet in the first few betting rounds and B (larger than A) is the amount bet in the later rounds. Related terms: FLAT LIMIT, NO LIMIT, POT LIMIT, SPREAD LIMIT.
- MITES AND LICE - A hand consisting of two pair, threes over twos.
- ANTE - A small bet all players are required to make before a hand is dealt. Not all games have an ante. Related terms: BLIND, FORCED BET.
- TOP TWO PAIR - In flop games, having hole cards that make the highest possible two pair hand.
- BLANK - Used in describing stud and Hold'em games. Refers to a dealt card that does not offer any value; stating the actual rank and suit would detract from a description of the hand. "The last card was a blank.".
- OVERCALL - To call a bet after one or more players already called.
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