Poker Pro Becomes Maxim Girl
In the early days of the WSOP probably the last thought running through the minds of Puggy Pearson, Benny Binion, Johnny Moss and Doyle Brunson was “Poker needs a Cover Girl,” but it looks like that day has come. While the beautiful people, both men and women, seem to be flying in the face of the “you don’t need a pretty face to be a poker champion” concept for some time now, it was only in recent years that poker pros seem to have erased any dividing line between poker and the rest of the world. Gus Hansen has been named one of the world’s 50 beautiful people by one popular magazine, and Clonie Gowen is soon to be honored in a different way by another…
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Poker jargon:
- FLOP GAME - Any of a number of poker games where a flop is dealt.
- BOAT - A FULL HOUSE, three of a kind and a pair.
- MAIN POT - The main pot, as related to one or more side pots, when there are one or more all-in player(s). The main pot is the one in which all active players participate.
- OFFSUIT - Not of the same suit. "I held A-Q offsuit" or "The flop was 10-6-2 offsuit". When speaking of 5 or more cards, not all/ of the same suit, i.e., no flush, as in "button had A-K-10-8-7 offsuit."
- DOUBLE BELLY BUSTER - A two-way inside straight. E.g., 3-5-6-7-9.
- ACTION - Money that is being bet. "NO ACTION" means a hand or game has few bettors and fewer raisers. "Gimme some action" is ostensibly a plea for calls and raises.
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