Meet poker’s ‘brat pack’
COMMERCE, Calif. - In a game of bluffs and blinds, theyre the brashest. All under 30, all winners of at least $1 million in a single poker tournament. World Poker Tour observers have dubbed them the tours brat pack.
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Poker terminology:
- OPENERS - Cards in a hand that qualify a player to open the betting.
- LOCK - A hand that cannot be beat under any circumstances. Also: NUTS.
- FOUR OF A KIND - A hand containing all four cards of the same rank.
- CAP - To cap the betting is to make the last permitted raise in a round.
- SPREAD LIMIT - A variation on fixed limit wherein the minimum and maximum bets are different. A 1-4-8 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds and 1-8 in the last round. A 1-4-8-16 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds, 1 to 8 in the next-to-last round, and 1 to 16 in the last round.
- ON TILT - Playing worse (usually, more aggressively) than usual because a player has become emotionally upset.
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