With a suit on the table, judge freezes half of $12M poker prize
What a difference a few weeks can make. Earlier this month, Paramus native Jamie Gold was on top of the world, earning a $12 million pot by winning the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.
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Poker dictionary:
- FACE CARD - A jack, queen or king (a card with a face on it, not joker).
- 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.).
- QUARTER - [1] Twenty-five dollars, often symbolized by a green casino chip. [2] To divide half a pot between two tying hands. In split pot games, a player who "ties" another player for their half of the pot is said to be "quartered". One might say "I didn't bet my A-2 because I figured I'd get quartered".
- 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.
- INSIDE STRAIGHT - Four cards to a straight, where only one rank will complete the hand. E.g., 4-5-6-8 is an inside straight since only a 7 will fill (i.e., complete) the hand. Often called a GUT-SHOT. Compare: BOBTAIL STRAIGHT, OPEN-ENDED STRAIGHT.
- TRIPS - Three of a kind. In Hold'em the term SET is used when two of the three cards are hole cards.
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