Sask. farmer seeks poker millions
A farmer from small-town Saskatchewan is hoping to strike it big at a $10-million US poker tournament.
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Poker dictionary:
- TRIP - Three of a specific kind, as in "Trip sixes".
- STEAM - Playing wildly, calling and raising a lot, because one is upset. Compare: ON TILT.
- FOLD - To decline to call a bet, thus dropping out of a hand.
- ON TILT - Playing worse (usually, more aggressively) than usual because a player has become emotionally upset.
- BACK DOOR - Applies to a hand that was made in the last card or two, specifically not a hand the player was originally planning on having. Most often applied to straights and flushes.
- BLACK - When referring to chips, black usually stands for $100 casino chips. "This guy sits down with a stack of blacks and raises the first bet." Not ALL casinos use black for $100 but that is the common usage.
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