World Series champ taking care of some old business
After playing a limited tournament schedule the past couple of years to focus on other business interests, former World Series of Poker champion Chris Moneymaker expects to have a busy 2006.”I’ve been devoting so much time to my company, Moneymaker Gaming, that I haven’t been able to play as much as I would have liked,” he said in an interview with the Sun. “I’m hoping to make up for it this year.”Moneymaker, who earned $2.5 million for winning the 2003 World Series of Poker main event at Binion
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Poker dictionary:
- FACE CARD - A jack, queen or king (a card with a face on it, not joker).
- PAT HAND - In draw poker, a hand that does not need any more cards. Specifically, a straight, flush, full house or straight flush. One might bluff and represent a pat hand but actually hold something else.
- STRAIGHT FLUSH - A hand consisting of 5 cards in sequence and the same suit.
- UNDER THE GUN - The position that has to act first in a round of betting.
- 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."
- TRIP - Three of a specific kind, as in "Trip sixes".
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