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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Useful poker terms:
- DOOR [CARD] - A player's first upcard in stud games.
- PAY OFF - Calling a bet with little expectation of winning, unless the opponent is bluffing.
- SHOWDOWN - The point at the end of the hand where all active players reveal their cards and the pot is awarded to the winner(s).
- LIVE ONE - The best kind of opponent, a poor player with a lot of money to lose and in a hurry to lose it.
- BURN - To discard the top card of the deck prior to dealing, usually done for every dealing round except the first. The theory being that if somehow the cards are marked (illegally) no one will know what card will next be dealt, only what card will be burned. This makes marked cards less of an advantage, hence tends to reduce cheating.
- WHEEL - A-2-3-4-5. Usually discussed in the context of lowball where it is the best possible hand. Can also refer to a 5-high straight in high games. Also: BICYCLE.
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