Paladenic has sights on World Series of Poker
SIERRA VISTA As a high stakes tournament poker player and a weekend NASCAR driver, Joe Paladenic could probably be called a thrill-seeker. But as he discovered, both deliver a thrill that comes only after waiting, and waiting and waiting some more. Youve gotta have a lot of patience.
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Poker terminology:
- ROYAL FLUSH - An ace-high straight flush, the best possible hand in regular poker.
- LIVE ONE - The best kind of opponent, a poor player with a lot of money to lose and in a hurry to lose it.
- MUCK - [1] A collection of face-down cards near the dealer composed of discards, i.e., folded hands, burns and discards for drawing purposes. [2] To throw one's cards into the muck, thus folding.
- STAKE - The amount of a player's BUY-IN, or the amount of money they are willing to play with in a given session. Compare: BANKROLL.
- 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.
- LATE BLIND - In addition to "regular" blinds, some games allow a player (particularly a new one) to post a blind bet in return for the right to enter the game immediately and act last on the first betting round. The amount of the blind is determined by house rules, usually somewhere between the last blind and double the last blind. It is frequently a LIVE BLIND.
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