‘The Other Guy’ Speaks: Interview with Paul Wasicka, Part One

There’s an old expression in sports, ‘Nobody remembers who finished second’. Paul Wasicka is determined to change that. The 2006 World Series Main Event runner-up has the largest second place prize in poker history…

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Poker slang:

JOKER - A 53rd card in the deck, distinct from the others, used as a wild card or as a BUG.
FULL HOUSE - A hand consisting of 3-of-a-kind and a (different) pair.
DECLARE - In high/low games, declaring one's hand as high or low or both ways (usually done with chips in hand). Usually played in home games; casinos tend to play CARDS SPEAK.
SPLIT [THE POT] - To split the pot between two or more players. Related term: QUARTER.
SEAT POSITION - The actual seat a player has, normally numbered sequentially starting with 1 as the first seat to dealer's left. Not to be confused with POSITION in a particular pot. Typically unrelated to play of a hand but often important in peripheral aspects, e.g.: "Seats 1 and 10 are nonsmoking here", "Seat 5 has a good view of the table", "Seat 3 is in a high-traffic area".
CASE - The fourth card of a particular rank, as in "he folded the case 9" when describing where all the 9s were in a hand. Comes from the game of Faro where an employee of the house, called the "case keeper". kept track of the number of each rank of card remaining.

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