Poker: 2005 champion builds chip stack by pushing foes
LAS VEGAS 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.
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Poker slang:
- COMPUTER HAND - Texas Hold'em hole cards of Q-7 offsuit. More generically, any hand that computer analysis/simulation determines is positive but turns out to be difficult to play in practice.
- WIRED [PAIR] - A pair in the hole. In 5-card stud, a door card that pairs the hole card.
- OPENERS - Cards in a hand that qualify a player to open the betting.
- FOUR OF A KIND - A hand containing all four cards of the same rank.
- GOOD GAME - A game with players worse than you so that you can expect to win a lot of money.
- PAY OFF - Calling a bet with little expectation of winning, unless the opponent is bluffing.
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