Tilly Favors Poker Over Oscars
Last year Jennifer Tilly won back to back awards in a couple of the toughest shows in town; this time the town wasn’t Hollywood, but Las Vegas, and awards were hard earned first place prizes in women-only poker competitions, one for the World Series of Poker and one for the World Poker Tour. Tilly was the first woman to every win both, ever, not to mention in the same year, and if anyone had any doubt about where this Oscar nominated actress’s loyalties lay, poker versus movies, she recently answered the questions.
Rather than attend the Oscars this year, Tilly was in attendance at the 2006 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship. She was busted out of the event on Saturday in the first round of the one on one, single elimination tournament….
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Poker talk:
- DRAW - [1] A class of poker games characterized by players being dealt 5 cards face-down and later having the opportunity to replace some of the original 5. "Draw poker" and "Five-card draw" are examples of usage. [2] In stud and Hold'em games, the set of cards that will be dealt later can be collectively called "the draw". [3] To discard some number of cards and have dealt an equal number of replacements.
- UNDER THE GUN - The position that has to act first in a round of betting.
- BAD-BEAT JACKPOT - In some cardrooms, a prize that is shared by the players in a game, when a very good hand (usually Aces full, or better) is beaten by a higher hand. Jackpots are usually financed by taking a drop ($1 is a common amount) from every pot. A typical division of the jackpot will give the losing hand 50 %, the winning hand 25 %, and the other players at the table share the remaining 25 % of the Jackpot.
- LEAK - To show one's hole cards (often unknowingly).
- POT - The total amount of money bet so far in a hand.
- EXPECTATION - The long-run [dis-]advantage of a given situation, specifically without reference to any particular outcome. I.e., what you figure to win [lose] on average after a large number of repetitions of the same situation.
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