Jeff Haney on the role youth played when ‘Gigabet’ prevailed at a marathon poker event
Play at the final table of the recent World Series of Poker circuit event at Harrah’s Rincon in San Diego County stretched on for more than 13 hours before a winner was determined.
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Poker jargon:
- COMPUTER HAND - Texas Hold'em hole cards of Q-7 offsuit. More generically, any hand that computer analysis/simulation determines is positive but turns out to be difficult to play in practice.
- UNDERDOG - Before all the cards are dealt, a hand that does not figure to be the winner. Ant: FAVORITE.
- FIXED LIMIT - A betting structure where the amount of each bet is a specific fixed quantity. Usually specified as A-B, where A is the amount to bet in the first few betting rounds and B (larger than A) is the amount bet in the later rounds. Related terms: FLAT LIMIT, NO LIMIT, POT LIMIT, SPREAD LIMIT.
- BOAT - A FULL HOUSE, three of a kind and a pair.
- FOLD - To decline to call a bet, thus dropping out of a hand.
- JOKER - A 53rd card in the deck, distinct from the others, used as a wild card or as a BUG.
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