Poker Pro-Am Equalizer Taken by Andy Bloch
36 players started off the field of the Pro-Am Equalizer, with one third of the field being amateurs. The name itself suggests that amateurs will play, facing off against their professional counterparts, and there were indeed 24 pro poker players in the event. At the end, there was only one amateur left, Nick Gonzalez, and five pros: Andy Bloch, Allen Cunningham, Phil Laak, Phil Ivey, and Huck Seed…
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Poker terminology:
- GOOD GAME - A game with players worse than you so that you can expect to win a lot of money.
- STEAM - Playing wildly, calling and raising a lot, because one is upset. Compare: ON TILT.
- LEAK - To show one's hole cards (often unknowingly).
- 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.
- HOOK - A Jack. So named because the "J" resembles a hook.
- 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".
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