Gabitan grabs Poker King title
ANTHONY Gabitan outsmarted all comers to crown himself 2005 Poker King Challenge champion after a grueling six-hour finals at the Airport Casino Filipino Parañaque last Saturday.
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Poker lingo:
- FREEZE-OUT - A table-stakes game that continues until a small number of players (possibly only one) has all the money. The major event in The World Series of Poker is a freeze-out game.
- FOLD - To decline to call a bet, thus dropping out of a hand.
- MUCK - [1] A collection of face-down cards near the dealer composed of discards, i.e., folded hands, burns and discards for drawing purposes. [2] To throw one's cards into the muck, thus folding.
- PASS - Opposite of bet. To check, if checked to. To fold, if bet to.
- TIGHT - [1] A style of play that entails playing fewer hands than average. Antonym: LOOSE. [2] A FULL HOUSE.
- 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".
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