Leader of the pack still playing his cards right
It’s been a dizzying 12 months of fame and luxury for Australia’s poker world champion, Joe Hachem, but family comes first, Mark Russell reports. LIFE could not get much better for former West Preston chiropractor Joe Hachem.Hachem, 39, who won $10 million when he became the world’s no-limit hold ‘em poker champion in July, spent New Year’s Eve with his wife, Jeannie, and the couple’s four children at the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island in the Bahamas.
The family had earlier celebrated Christmas…
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Useful poker information:
- OUT - [1] A card that will improve your hand, often substantially. A hand with many OUTS is preferable to a hand with only 1 or 2. [2] Folded, ineligible to bet or win this hand. "I'm out" is often a synonym for "I fold".
- OPENER - The player who opens the betting, especially in draw poker. A hand may have no openers, in which case it is PASSED OUT, i.e., new hands are dealt.
- STRAIGHT - A hand consisting of 5 cards in sequence but not in suit.
- BLUFF - To make a bet or raise with a poor hand, in hope that the remaining active player(s) will fold.
- FAVORITE - Before all the cards are dealt, a hand that figures to be the winner. Ant: UNDERDOG.
- GUT SHOT - A draw to an inside straight, as in 2-3-4-6.
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