U student wins $1 million in poker tourney
Four years ago, Mike Schneider started playing poker with high school friends for nickels and dimes. On spring break last week, the University of Minnesota senior won $1 million in a cruise ship poker tournament. It’s all a bit much for the quiet journalism major from Eagan, who wore down two older professionals with doggedness and a face masked by mirrored sunglasses and a backwards baseball
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Poker slang:
- RAINBOW - In flop games, a flop in which no two cards are of the same suit. "The flop was A 9 7 rainbow."
- COLD CALL - Calling both a bet and raise at the same time, as opposed to calling a bet then later calling a raise made after the call.
- POT - The total amount of money bet so far in a hand.
- SHARK - A good/crafty player often posing as a fish early in the game.
- SPLIT [OPENERS] - In draw poker, to discard one or more openers, usually to draw to a straight or flush. Normally requires the opener to declare the act and retain the discards so that the act of opening can later be validated.
- RUNNER-RUNNER - A hand made using both of the last two cards dealt.
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