Local poker player wins $26K in World Series of Poker
MUSCATINE, Iowa Brian Curry headed to the bank Monday afternoon after returning from Las Vegas. The Muscatine native brought home $26,389 after placing 497th in the World Series of Poker last week.
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Poker glossary:
- FORCED BET - In some stud games a player may be required to make a bet to start the action on the first card. This is similar conceptually to blinds and antes, but in this case is dependent on the cards shown rather than player position. Usually the weakest hand is forced to bet.
- MANIAC - A player who bets, raises and reraises without regard to the quality of his hand. Most often found in flop games.
- BURN - To discard the top card of the deck prior to dealing, usually done for every dealing round except the first. The theory being that if somehow the cards are marked (illegally) no one will know what card will next be dealt, only what card will be burned. This makes marked cards less of an advantage, hence tends to reduce cheating.
- OVERPAIR - In Hold'em, a pair in the hole that is larger than any community card on the board.
- BOARD - The exposed cards in Hold'em and stud. Also BOARD CARDS.
- FIFTH STREET - In stud poker, the fifth card to be dealt to each player. Sometimes used to refer to the last card dealt in Hold'em, although the more common term for this is RIVER (q.v.).
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