High School Drop Out Taking A Break From Poker
It cost him a few thousand dollars in tuition, a lot of hard work, stress, long nights and worry; there were even times that 18 year old Jordan Berkowitz considered doing something drastic just to get him through. Though this situation might sound familiar to high school seniors getting ready for finals week, in reality it describes Jordans other education. He dropped out of high school and check in to poker school instead.
After a learning curve that had him wishing he were back in school at times, Jordan began to see success…
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Poker dictionary:
- SHARK - A good/crafty player often posing as a fish early in the game.
- DOOR [CARD] - A player's first upcard in stud games.
- SUICIDE KING - King of Hearts. So named because in the drawing the king appears to be stabbing himself in the head.
- RUNNER-RUNNER - A hand made using both of the last two cards dealt.
- SIDE POT - When an active player runs out of money during the course of a hand, the remaining players participate in a second or SIDE POT for the rest of the hand. Additional side pots are possible if several players run out of money at different points in a hand.
- OVER - A term used in describing two pair or a full house. "Kings over tens" means two pair, kings and tens. "Jacks over", also "Jacks up" describes a hand that is two pair: Jacks with an unspecified lower pair. Also used to describe a full house, distinguishing the three of a kind from the pair. The hand J-J-J-A-A could be described as "Full house, Jacks over Aces".
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