Media Views: Big poker winner keeps level head
Six weeks and $1.56 million later, not much has changed for Dan Nassif other than a bulging bottom line. He’s the same guy who left town for Las Vegas with little more than high hopes when he entered the main event of the World Series of Poker.
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Useful poker information:
- STAKE - The amount of a player's BUY-IN, or the amount of money they are willing to play with in a given session. Compare: BANKROLL.
- S&M - Sklansky & Malmuth. Generally refers to the ideas and algorithms published by these two authors. When used in a 7-card stud context, often refers to "7 Card Stud For Advanced Players", and when used in a Hold'em context, often refers to "Texas Hold'em For Advanced Players".
- OVERCALL - To call a bet after one or more players already called.
- PROP - Also PROPOSITION PLAYER. An employee of the gaming establishment whose primary purpose is to keep enough players at a table to prevent breaking up the game for lack of players. Unlike SHILLs "props" make a small hourly wage but play with their own money, winning or losing based on their skill.
- BARN - A FULL HOUSE, three of a kind and a pair.
- DEALER'S CHOICE - In home games, a rule that permits the dealer to name which poker game to be played that hand. Often limited to selecting from a list provided.
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