World Series of Poker Champ Gets Half a Prize
When former Hollywood agent Jamie Gold emerged as the big winner at the 37th annual World Series of Poker, onlookers could never have guessed that a month later half of his $12 million prize would remain frozen on location at the Rio Casino Hotel in Las Vegas. Lawyers involved in the dispute between Gold and his reported partner in finding celebrities to wear Bodog Poker gear, Crispin Leyser, have decided to hold half the prize and release the other half to Gold, who is denying a deal Leyser says was made prior to the Main Event. If courts decide that a deal was in existence, Gold would be left with only half of the biggest prize in poker history, leaving last year’s winner Joe Hachem with the richest net payout at $7.5 million….
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Poker lingo:
- UNDER THE GUN - The position that has to act first in a round of betting.
- OPENERS - Cards in a hand that qualify a player to open the betting.
- MIDDLE POSITION - Betting positions approximately halfway around the table from the first player to act.
- TABLE STAKES - A standard rule whereby during a hand players can only bet the money they have on the table. If the bet to a player is more than the player's stack, that player may call with all his chips and be eligible to win only that portion of the pot he contributed to equally. A side pot is created, for which only the remaining players may compete.
- FLUSH - A poker hand consisting of five cards all one suit.
- SUITED - Two or more cards all the same suit. Ant: OFF-SUIT.
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