North Bay Golfer’s $520,000 Poker Win Proves Costly
SONOMA, Calif. — A junior of the Sonoma State University has endured some good fortune and some bad fortune over the past month. Twenty-one-year-old Bobby Neary won about 520-thousand-dollars in January for finishing second at the Aussie Millions poker tournament in Melbourne, Australia.
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Poker slang:
- FREEROLL - [1] A poker tournament that does not charge a buy-in fee; players must earn buy-in credits through previous play at the same establishment. [2] Having a lock on part of a pot (sure to win a greater fraction of the pot than one is betting) and playing to win more or all of it.
- 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.
- LAY ODDS - To give favorable odds to an opponent.
- STAKE - The amount of a player's BUY-IN, or the amount of money they are willing to play with in a given session. Compare: BANKROLL.
- STRAIGHT - A hand consisting of 5 cards in sequence but not in suit.
- BACK DOOR - Applies to a hand that was made in the last card or two, specifically not a hand the player was originally planning on having. Most often applied to straights and flushes.
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