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 jargon:
- THIRD STREET - In Stud, the third card dealt to each player.
- CHASE - To continue in a hand, often at poor odds, in the hopes of catching a much better hand. "He called, chasing the flush.".
- FULL OF - Describes a full house. "Fives full of queens" is 5-5-5-Q-Q.
- 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.
- MANIAC - A player who bets, raises and reraises without regard to the quality of his hand. Most often found in flop games.
- FIFTH STREET - In stud poker, the fifth card to be dealt to each player. Sometimes used to refer to the last card dealt in Hold'em, although the more common term for this is RIVER (q.v.).
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