Milan poker player hopes for career
Allison Brauer has figured out how to turn $340 into nearly $15,000. She can play and win at the immensely popular poker game Texas Hold ‘em.The 23-year-old from Milan placed second at the 2006 Jack Binion World Series of Poker No Limit Hold ‘em Ladies Event held Jan. 22 at the Grand Casino in Tunica.Her second-place win and earnings secured her decision to quit her four-year job working in the surgery center at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Her last day was Friday.She plans to gradua
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Poker terminology:
- REPRESENT - Implying, by one's betting style, that one has a particular hand.
- TO GO - The current betting level, as in "$20 to go" meaning every player must contribute $20 (total) or drop. A $10 raise would then make the pot "$30 to go".
- HOLE CARDS - In Stud and Hold'em, the face-down cards dealt to each player.
- EDGE - An advantage over an opponent, either specific or subjective.
- STRING BET - An unethical and often illegal means of raising whereby a player puts a call-size stack of chips into the pot and, after observing the reactions of the players, then goes back to his stack and puts out more, thus raising.
- RUNNER-RUNNER - A hand made using both of the last two cards dealt.
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