Winning hand: students 150,000 poker prize
A business studies student from Mallow, Co Cork, yesterday scooped 150,000, the biggest prize at a 1,000 freeze-out three-day poker tournament in Dublin.
UCC student Kieran Walsh from Ironmines, Mallow, was the star player at the inaugural Irish Poker Championships at City West Hotel in Dublin which attracted players from Ireland and Britain.
A total of 500 players entered the event, which boasted a €500,000 prize pool. The buy-in for the tournament was €1,000.
The final table showdown will be broadcast on January 27…
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Poker argot:
- MIDDLE POSITION - Betting positions approximately halfway around the table from the first player to act.
- POSITION - One's location in the betting sequence, relative to the players still in the hand. First position is first to act.
- TOKE - Gambling term for "tip", as in "Toke the cocktail waitress". Comes from the term "Token of appreciation".
- ACTION - Money that is being bet. "NO ACTION" means a hand or game has few bettors and fewer raisers. "Gimme some action" is ostensibly a plea for calls and raises.
- TIGHT - [1] A style of play that entails playing fewer hands than average. Antonym: LOOSE. [2] A FULL HOUSE.
- 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.
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