Alex Jacob Wins U.S. Poker Championship
Poker phenom Alex Jacob captured his first major title Saturday, winning $878,000 in the 2006 United States Poker Championships $10,000 Main Event. Jacob’s victory in one of the country’s largest non-tour tournaments solidifies his standing as one of poker’s rising young stars.
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Useful poker information:
- MARKED CARDS - Cards that have been (illegally) altered so that their value can be read from the back.
- TRIP - Three of a specific kind, as in "Trip sixes".
- OPEN - Make the first bet in a hand, especially in draw poker.
- MUCK - [1] A collection of face-down cards near the dealer composed of discards, i.e., folded hands, burns and discards for drawing purposes. [2] To throw one's cards into the muck, thus folding.
- OPEN-ENDED STRAIGHT - Four cards to a straight which can be completed by drawing a card at either end. E.g., 6-7-8-9 is an open-ended straight. Also: BOBTAIL STRAIGHT. Compare: INSIDE STRAIGHT.
- STRING BET - An unethical and often illegal means of raising whereby a player puts a call-size stack of chips into the pot and, after observing the reactions of the players, then goes back to his stack and puts out more, thus raising.
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