New Zealand Prepares to Send Poker Champ to the World Series of Poker
Hot on the heels of his Aussie Millions win, Lee Nelson, of New Zealand, will have the opportunity to play in his own backyard in the upcoming New Zealand Poker Championships. Though the New Zealand poker tourney isn’t nearly as rich as its Aussie counterpart, with a total prize purse of just about $134,000 (US), it still stands to attract approximately 150 players to the felt.
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Poker lexicon:
- 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.
- FLAT CALL - To call a bet. Emphasizes that the caller did not raise.
- FOUR OF A KIND - A hand containing all four cards of the same rank.
- S&M - Sklansky & Malmuth. Generally refers to the ideas and algorithms published by these two authors. When used in a 7-card stud context, often refers to "7 Card Stud For Advanced Players", and when used in a Hold'em context, often refers to "Texas Hold'em For Advanced Players".
- COMMUNITY CARDS - Cards that are available for every player to use in making a hand. Usually dealt face up somewhere in the middle of the table.
- BLUFF - To make a bet or raise with a poor hand, in hope that the remaining active player(s) will fold.
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