Stakes soar with guests on Flynt’s jet
ON THE WAY HOME from Monte Carlo, I paid for a one-way seat on Larry Flynt’s private jet. With one quick stop scheduled in Bangor, Maine, for fuel and pizza, it was to be pretty much a 12-hour straight shot to Las Vegas. Phil Ivey, Gus Hansen, Mike “The Mouth” Matusow and I were scheduled to play $400- to $800-limit poker all the way home. What’s not to like? We were flying high, playing high-stakes poker (so the time would pass more quickly), and perhaps I could win $50,000 on the flight home…
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Poker dictionary:
- GOOD GAME - A game with players worse than you so that you can expect to win a lot of money.
- DEALER'S CHOICE - In home games, a rule that permits the dealer to name which poker game to be played that hand. Often limited to selecting from a list provided.
- SHILL - A card room employee who plays with House money, and does not share in any of his (her) winnings or losses. Shills are used to facilitate starting games, and keeping them going. Compare: PROP.
- POT ODDS - The amount of money in the pot divided by the amount of money you must bet in order to call. Often used to determine if a pot offers enough reward to play on the come.
- RERAISE - To raise after an opponent has raised.
- CRYING CALL - A call made with little chance of ultimately winning, but marginally better than an immediate fold.
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