US Poker Championship Continues

Jordan Morgan is the chip captain at the United States Poker Championship, which has come down to 27 players starting on Friday. Holding the lead with 567,000 in tournament chips, Morgan is a favorite for the $878,500 first-place prize, but the other 26 players can’t be counted out yet. This has already been a great year of poker for Morgan, who has seen four World Series of Poker cashes, one of which was a final table appearance that ended with a $87,000 prize, a significant part of the $287,111 career tournament earnings the Muldrow, Oklahoma Resident can lay claim to…

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Sat, October 7th, 2006

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Poker argot:

  • HOOK - A Jack. So named because the "J" resembles a hook.
  • SHOWDOWN - The point at the end of the hand where all active players reveal their cards and the pot is awarded to the winner(s).
  • SMALL BLIND - In games with two blinds the first blind is the SMALL BLIND because it is usually one-half (or less) the second or large blind.
  • BIG SLICK - In Texas Hold'em, hole cards of A-K, suited or not.
  • RAISE - To wager more than the minimum required to call, forcing other players to put in more money as well.
  • DRAW - [1] A class of poker games characterized by players being dealt 5 cards face-down and later having the opportunity to replace some of the original 5. "Draw poker" and "Five-card draw" are examples of usage. [2] In stud and Hold'em games, the set of cards that will be dealt later can be collectively called "the draw". [3] To discard some number of cards and have dealt an equal number of replacements.
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