It Was a Hobby, He Says With a Poker Face
An Australian world poker champion won’t have to ante up to the tax collector. In July, mortgage broker Joseph Hachem won $7.5 million in the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.
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Poker terminology:
- TOP PAIR - In flop games, having a hole card that matches the highest card on the board.
- TRIPS - Three of a kind. In Hold'em the term SET is used when two of the three cards are hole cards.
- BEE No. 92 (TM) - Trade name for the "diamond back" cards frequently used in casino games. Compare: RIDER BACK.
- MUCK - [1] A collection of face-down cards near the dealer composed of discards, i.e., folded hands, burns and discards for drawing purposes. [2] To throw one's cards into the muck, thus folding.
- BUTTON CHARGE - A periodic fee paid by whoever is the button, perhaps every 20 minutes or 30 minutes. Constitutes part or all of the HOUSE CUT.
- 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.
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