Woman Wins Poker World Open
Pippa Flanders can now say she makes more than her husband at their shared career - professional poker player. The 48-year-old New Longtoner recently claimed $200,000 as the top prize money in the PartyPoker.com World Open, which pushed her passed her husband and fellow pro player, Tim Flanders, as far as tournament money earned is concerned. The event, which took place in London, pitted Flanders against more than 70 other players, many of them big name professionals such as Harry Demetriou and Roland De Wolfe, both former winners of this event, and the returning champion Lee Nelson…
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Useful poker terms:
- TOP TWO PAIR - In flop games, having hole cards that make the highest possible two pair hand.
- ROYAL FLUSH - An ace-high straight flush, the best possible hand in regular poker.
- BIG SLICK - In Texas Hold'em, hole cards of A-K, suited or not.
- PAT HAND - In draw poker, a hand that does not need any more cards. Specifically, a straight, flush, full house or straight flush. One might bluff and represent a pat hand but actually hold something else.
- BLUFF - To make a bet or raise with a poor hand, in hope that the remaining active player(s) will fold.
- RAINBOW - In flop games, a flop in which no two cards are of the same suit. "The flop was A 9 7 rainbow."
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