Newbie to Get to Pro Tournament via Online Poker Room

Is three months enough time to learn how to become a professional poker player? How about enough time to learn how to at least be competition for a professional poker player? It better be if Lisa Bishop is to have a shot at winning a world wide women’s poker tournament, now that she won a seat in.

The pup landlady, 37, won two qualifying seats online and now will be competing against professional poker players and celebrities who all want the $40,000 top prize and the big diamond ring that comes along with it. After only picking up a deck of cards three months ago, Bishop’s wins are quite the accomplishment. She will be competing against 35 tough professional poker players in a televised event as well….

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Fri, March 17th, 2006

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  • CASE - The fourth card of a particular rank, as in "he folded the case 9" when describing where all the 9s were in a hand. Comes from the game of Faro where an employee of the house, called the "case keeper". kept track of the number of each rank of card remaining.
  • LIMIT POKER - A poker game wherein the amount to be bet is fixed, or at most variable within a prescribed minimum and maximum. Ant.: NO-LIMIT POKER.
  • 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.
  • FAVORITE - Before all the cards are dealt, a hand that figures to be the winner. Ant: UNDERDOG.
  • HIT - To make a hand or catch a card or cards that improves one's hand. "I hit a gut-shot draw on the river."
  • 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.
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