Former Hollywood agent keeps World Series of Poker edge
Former Hollywood talent agent Jamie Gold kept his lead Monday at the World Series of Poker, wiping out two players in the space of an hour and amassing a chip stack almost twice the size of his nearest competitor’s. Gold, a 36-year-old Malibu, Calif., resident, nearly doubled his stack to 14 million in chips after about four hours of play.
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Poker argot:
- IMPLIED ODDS - A refinement to POT ODDS which includes money not yet in the pot. Considers the potential extra bets and winnings made when a player forms a very good hand.
- DRAW OUT - To catch a card that improves your situation from a losing hand to a winning hand, especially when you beat someone holding a hand that usually figures to win.
- SHORT-STACKED - Playing with a only a small amount of money, thus limiting one's risk and reward.
- LOCK - A hand that cannot be beat under any circumstances. Also: NUTS.
- RAISE - To wager more than the minimum required to call, forcing other players to put in more money as well.
- HOYLE - Edmund Hoyle (1769-?) was the authoritative source for rules of card games. Hoyle is to card rules as Webster is to word definitions.
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