Naval Officer Winner Of Second Online Poker Million
Up to this past week, Santino Sgambelluria was family man and a United States Naval Officer, originally from Guam and currently stationed in Hawaii. After this week, Santino might just add poker pro to his list of personal definitions; he has already added millionaire.
In the Paradise Poker One Million Freeroll, the finale for which was held in Nassau, Bahamas, it came down to Santino and Ryan Boyes, a utility worker from Atlanta, GA, for the million-dollar win. They, along with eight other players, previously out lasted and out played nearly four thousand other participants in the freeroll, which took place online…
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Poker talk:
- READ - To determine whether an opponent has a good, medium or bad hand by observing his personal behavior. An inexact science.
- WORLD SERIES OF POKER - A series of several different poker games with relatively large buy-ins, culminating in a $10,000 buy-in no-limit Hold'em tournament, the winner of which is crowned the World Poker Champion. Sponsored by Binion's Horseshoe Club in Las Vegas.
- STACKED [DECK] - A deck that has been arranged to give one player a huge advantage. Also: RIGGED.
- WALK - A pot won by the last blind when no one opens.
- FLOORMAN - The casino representative in charge of the card room or a section of a card room. Arbitrates disputes when unusual events happen.
- TRIP - Three of a specific kind, as in "Trip sixes".
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