A thing for the bling
Across the felt sat The Brat.But not for too much longer.That’s because poker’s famous whiner, Phil Hellmuth Jr., ran into Larry Elliott, arguably Pueblo’s most successful Texas Hold ‘em player.Elliott, 41, has twice devastated Hellmuth, a nine-time World Series of Poker winner, at poker tournaments in recent years.Last year, at a tournament at the Mirage in Las Vegas, Elliott knocked out Hellmuth, who is known, not with affection, as The Brat.”I don’t like (Hellmuth),” Elliott said recently.
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Poker lingo:
- LATE POSITION - For a particular betting round, a player who does not have to act until most of the other players have acted.
- BUTTON CHARGE - A periodic fee paid by whoever is the button, perhaps every 20 minutes or 30 minutes. Constitutes part or all of the HOUSE CUT.
- ROLLED UP - In seven-card stud, being dealt three of a kind in the first three cards.
- FULL OF - Describes a full house. "Fives full of queens" is 5-5-5-Q-Q.
- SIDE POT - When an active player runs out of money during the course of a hand, the remaining players participate in a second or SIDE POT for the rest of the hand. Additional side pots are possible if several players run out of money at different points in a hand.
- HOUSE RULE - Rules and interpretations (e.g., use of wild cards, or rules on having to show beaten hands) that are specific to an establishment or even tables within the establishment.
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