Papa to the Pros: Dr. Richard Lederer, Part One
Who is Richard Lederer? A Jewish man, teaching English at WASP-ish St. Paul’s, an Episcopalian school in New Hampshire that counts John Kerry and William Randolph Hearst as grads.
A struggling teacher - flipping hamburgers for extra money - while his affluent students spent their school breaks in the Caribbean, Switzerland, or Aspen.
And, oh, yes, he is also the father of Howard Lederer, winner of WSOP bracelets and WPT events, Annie Duke, the leading female money winner of all time, and Katy Lederer…
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Poker jargon:
- CASE - The fourth card of a particular rank, as in "he folded the case 9" when describing where all the 9s were in a hand. Comes from the game of Faro where an employee of the house, called the "case keeper". kept track of the number of each rank of card remaining.
- QUARTER - [1] Twenty-five dollars, often symbolized by a green casino chip. [2] To divide half a pot between two tying hands. In split pot games, a player who "ties" another player for their half of the pot is said to be "quartered". One might say "I didn't bet my A-2 because I figured I'd get quartered".
- TELL - Any personal mannerisms that reveal the quality of one's hand. E.g., constantly looking at one's hole cards is often a tell of a poor hand. (Some players, knowing this, will at times check their hole cards when they have a great hand and don't need to look.)
- BURN - To discard the top card of the deck prior to dealing, usually done for every dealing round except the first. The theory being that if somehow the cards are marked (illegally) no one will know what card will next be dealt, only what card will be burned. This makes marked cards less of an advantage, hence tends to reduce cheating.
- UNDERDOG - Before all the cards are dealt, a hand that does not figure to be the winner. Ant: FAVORITE.
- RIDER BACK (TM) - A brand of playing cards that feature a bicycle rider on the back of the cards. Often used in home games. Compare: BEE No. 92.
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