Charity poker folds for year short of goal
The last hand of poker-for-charity in the Flats, at least for this year, was dealt on Sunday.About two dozen local charities raised about $700,000 from this year’s Nautica Charity Poker Festival, organized by Jacobs Investments Inc. By law, Jacobs cannot profit from the festival, but businessman Jeff Jacobs hopes eventually to put a casino on the spot on the west bank of the Flats where thousands have tossed chips during the last two summers.Organizers had a goal of $1 million for charity when t
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Poker lingo:
- CAP - To cap the betting is to make the last permitted raise in a round.
- IN - Still eligible to win the pot. "I'm in" is often spoken as one adds chips to the pot, calling.
- ONE-EYED - The jack of hearts, jack of spades or king of diamonds. So named because the characters are drawn in profile, thus showing only one eye.
- BRODERICK CRAWFORD - In Hold'em, hole cards of 10-4. From the 1950s TV series "Highway Patrol", starring Broderick Crawford.
- FIXED LIMIT - A betting structure where the amount of each bet is a specific fixed quantity. Usually specified as A-B, where A is the amount to bet in the first few betting rounds and B (larger than A) is the amount bet in the later rounds. Related terms: FLAT LIMIT, NO LIMIT, POT LIMIT, SPREAD LIMIT.
- TOP PAIR - In flop games, having a hole card that matches the highest card on the board.
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