Online poker a considerable draw
Greg Powers opened his laptop computer, logged on to an Internet poker site and bellied up to a Texas hold-em table. In 15 minutes, he was about $400 ahead. “I could always get another job if I wanted, said Powers, 24. Fresh out of college and armed with a history degree, the Scottsdale resident makes his living playing online poker.
At first, the stakes were low and strictly for entertainment. He gradually started winning a few hundred bucks here and there from poker Web sites. Powers began…
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Poker dictionary:
- QUALIFIER - A minimum standard that a hand must meet in order to win. Usually applied to the lowball side of a high-low split pot.
- DEAD MAN'S HAND - Generically: two pair, aces and eights. Specifically: the black aces, black eights and nine of diamonds. The hand Wild Bill Hickok was holding when he was shot to death.
- ON THE COME - A situation where the player does not have a complete hand but hopes to make one if the right cards come up.
- BET - To put money into the pot, pursuant to the rules of the game, thus maintaining a chance of winning the pot.
- ALL-IN - To have all of one's chips in the pot. A player who is all-in cannot be forced out of the pot by more betting, but is only eligible to win that portion of the pot he has contributed to. Generally, a SIDE POT is created each time a player is all-in.
- CRYING CALL - A call made with little chance of ultimately winning, but marginally better than an immediate fold.
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