‘05 World Series of Poker winner says he’s got target on his head

LAS VEGAS (AP) - A year ago, Joseph Hachem was a mortgage broker who surreptitiously played poker online to support his family. After winning last year’s World Series of Poker main event and $7.5 million, the Australian says he’s now treated like a rock star - but he’s got a price on his head.

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Poker terminology:

CASE - The fourth card of a particular rank, as in "he folded the case 9" when describing where all the 9s were in a hand. Comes from the game of Faro where an employee of the house, called the "case keeper". kept track of the number of each rank of card remaining.
WIRED [PAIR] - A pair in the hole. In 5-card stud, a door card that pairs the hole card.
STACKED [DECK] - A deck that has been arranged to give one player a huge advantage. Also: RIGGED.
ALL-IN - To have all of one's chips in the pot. A player who is all-in cannot be forced out of the pot by more betting, but is only eligible to win that portion of the pot he has contributed to. Generally, a SIDE POT is created each time a player is all-in.
SET - In Hold'em, three of a kind where two of the cards are hole cards.
RACE - In tournaments it is sometimes convenient to remove all lower-denomination chips from play, as the remaining players' stacks tend to grow. Small chips are converted to larger chips and any odd chips are "raced off" in the following way: each player with odd chips places them in front of his stack and is dealt one card for each chip. Highest card (rank and suit) takes all the small chips and converts them to higher-denomination chips.

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