Sometimes a million dollar buy in isn’t quite enough
Only in the world’s richest poker game would a one-day net win of $1.2 million be considered child’s play.But that was the case this week at the Wynn Las Vegas poker room, where Texas businessman Andy Beal is facing off against a consortium of poker pros, most from Las Vegas, in a series of head-to-head matches for stakes that rival the largest in the history of gambling.Beal and the professionals group - informally known as “the Corporation” - also played at the Wynn for about a week leading up
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Poker terminology:
- LITTLE SLICK - In Hold'em, hole cards of A-2, suited or not.
- UNDERDOG - Before all the cards are dealt, a hand that does not figure to be the winner. Ant: FAVORITE.
- COMPUTER HAND - Texas Hold'em hole cards of Q-7 offsuit. More generically, any hand that computer analysis/simulation determines is positive but turns out to be difficult to play in practice.
- BEE No. 92 (TM) - Trade name for the "diamond back" cards frequently used in casino games. Compare: RIDER BACK.
- POSITION - One's location in the betting sequence, relative to the players still in the hand. First position is first to act.
- LIVE ONE - The best kind of opponent, a poor player with a lot of money to lose and in a hurry to lose it.
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