World Series of Poker update for Aug. 7
Sunday at the main event of the World Series of PokerDAY: 9 (Officially known as Day 5)BIG NEWS: Humberto Brenes remained one of the last big-name pros still in the running to win the World Series of Poker with $480,000 in chips. Brenes was playing cautiously, even folding a pair of jacks when an opponent bet an amount that would put him all-in. “I have time. I’ll come back,” he said.STUD OF THE DAY: Jamie Gold, the 36-year-old former agent to “The Sopranos” star James Gandolfini and “Desperate
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Poker slang:
- 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.).
- RAGS - Board cards that are small, not suited and not in sequence, e.g., 9-5-2. When "rags flop", it is unlikely that anyone has a good hand, except possibly the big blind in an unraised pot.
- STRING BET - An unethical and often illegal means of raising whereby a player puts a call-size stack of chips into the pot and, after observing the reactions of the players, then goes back to his stack and puts out more, thus raising.
- 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.
- UNDERDOG - Before all the cards are dealt, a hand that does not figure to be the winner. Ant: FAVORITE.
- OVER - A term used in describing two pair or a full house. "Kings over tens" means two pair, kings and tens. "Jacks over", also "Jacks up" describes a hand that is two pair: Jacks with an unspecified lower pair. Also used to describe a full house, distinguishing the three of a kind from the pair. The hand J-J-J-A-A could be described as "Full house, Jacks over Aces".
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