Columnist Jeff Haney: On LV’s Negreanu plays ’small ball’ to earn big win on World Series of Poker circuit in Tunica
ROBINSONVILLE, Miss. — Lee Markholt, a poker pro from Washington state, had just been eliminated from the final table of the World Series of Poker circuit tournament at the Tunica Grand casino in Mississippi last Friday night.
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Poker slang:
- RAKE - Money taken from each pot and given to the house in return for hosting the game. Usually a percentage of the pot (5%-10%) up to some maximum amount.
- FLOP - [1] In Hold'em, the first three community cards, dealt simultaneously. [2] To deal a flop, or to make a hand on a flop. "I flopped trips".
- BAD GAME - Any game in which you figure to be the loser, because the other players are better than you.
- ROLLED UP - In seven-card stud, being dealt three of a kind in the first three cards.
- ON TILT - Playing worse (usually, more aggressively) than usual because a player has become emotionally upset.
- CUT - To break the deck into 2 stacks of at least 5 cards each. Usually performed by the player to the dealer's right to insure that the the deck is not stacked.
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