A ROOKIE has bluffed his way into the tournament with £5 MILLION up for grabs
Greenock card shark Craig McFarlane will take his seat for the World Series of Poker despite never having played on a real table before.The 28-year-old is hooked on the online poker craze and after beating 800 others he is heading for the world’s gambling capital Las Vegas.Hydraulics engineer Craig, of Brisbane Street, said: “I have only been playing the game for five months and I have never played in a casino before. So Ill need to get to the casino and get practising my poker face.”He will
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Poker jargon:
- WALK - A pot won by the last blind when no one opens.
- RUSH - A winning streak. Also "ON A RUSH".
- LOWBALL - Generic term for poker where the lowest hand wins.
- PROP - Also PROPOSITION PLAYER. An employee of the gaming establishment whose primary purpose is to keep enough players at a table to prevent breaking up the game for lack of players. Unlike SHILLs "props" make a small hourly wage but play with their own money, winning or losing based on their skill.
- LITTLE SLICK - In Hold'em, hole cards of A-2, suited or not.
- FLOORMAN - The casino representative in charge of the card room or a section of a card room. Arbitrates disputes when unusual events happen.
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