Defending champion Hachem playing steady at World Series of Poker
Defending champion Joseph Hachem turned the poker table into his bully pulpit Monday, aggressively raising players he considered out of line and increasing his own stack at the main event in the World Series of Poker. Hachem roughly doubled his opening stake to 19,500 chips after four hours of play, knocking out an opponent along the way, but was still behind the day’s chip leader Peter Hedlund,
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Poker dictionary:
- POCKET PAIR - Generic Hold'em term for 2 hole cards of the same rank.
- FISH - A player who loses money. An old saying is "If you can't spot the fish at the table, *you* are the fish.".
- 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.
- STACKED [DECK] - A deck that has been arranged to give one player a huge advantage. Also: RIGGED.
- CRYING CALL - A call made with little chance of ultimately winning, but marginally better than an immediate fold.
- NICKEL - Five dollars, usually represented by a red casino check.
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