Gold mines advice from poker legend
Less than 30 minutes before he was due at the table to begin his last push toward the final table of the main event at the World Series of Poker, Jamie Gold of Paramus was spending quality time with a man who’s been there.
Related Poker News:
- WSOPE Event #3, £5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Final: Theo Jorgensen Mines Gold
- WSOP Champ Jamie Gold on Poker and Life
- Be a winner at the table and in the bedroom
- Poker-Faced TV Producer From Malibu Takes the Game’s Big Pot
- Sports Legend Challenge Postpones its Inaugural Event
- Bad Advice
- Stud Poker Strategy: Bad Advice
- The Sunday Grind: Advice on Getting into Big Buy-In Online Tournaments
- Jonathan Duhamel Gives Advice for the 2011 WSOP November Nine
- Sexton’s Corner, Vol.58, Johnny Chan, Legend of Legends: Part 3, ‘Poker’s Greatest Streak’
- “Shak”-er: Local Poker Player Takes Down Legend
- Chuck Blount: Poker loses a legend in Reese
Casino poker language:
- LOOSE - Playing more hands than the norm. Antonym: TIGHT.
- TOP TWO PAIR - In flop games, having hole cards that make the highest possible two pair hand.
- BUTTON - A distinctive token held by the player sitting in the theoretical dealer's position, when a house dealer is used. The button rotates around the table so that every player has an opportunity to be the last to act. Also, "THE BUTTON" can refer to the player who currently has the button. ("I was the button and called the blind".) Synonyms: BUCK, PUCK.
- BOAT - A FULL HOUSE, three of a kind and a pair.
- MIDDLE POSITION - Betting positions approximately halfway around the table from the first player to act.
- LIVE ONE - The best kind of opponent, a poor player with a lot of money to lose and in a hurry to lose it.
RSS feed
