Gafford wins poker championship

BILOXI - Dave Gafford of Denham Springs, La., bet aggressively to come from behind and win the IP Casino Poker Classic on Sunday night.Josh McCallie of Dallas had a 6-to-1 chip advantage over Gafford when third-place finisher Brad Isbill of Foley, Ala., was eliminated from the final table around 6 p.m. It took Gafford about 40 minutes to take McCallie’s chips.Gafford hugged his wife, Rebecca, lifted his little girl into the air and traded high-fives with his young sons upon winning Biloxi’s firs

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IN - Still eligible to win the pot. "I'm in" is often spoken as one adds chips to the pot, calling.
OPEN - Make the first bet in a hand, especially in draw poker.
LAY ODDS - To give favorable odds to an opponent.
BAD GAME - Any game in which you figure to be the loser, because the other players are better than you.
MILES OF BAD ROAD - Three of a kind. Prefixed with a number, 3*<N>, to indicate 3 <N>s. Thus "24 miles of bad road" is 3 eights, etc. (This obviously doesn't work for face cards.)
OVER - A term used in describing two pair or a full house. "Kings over tens" means two pair, kings and tens. "Jacks over", also "Jacks up" describes a hand that is two pair: Jacks with an unspecified lower pair. Also used to describe a full house, distinguishing the three of a kind from the pair. The hand J-J-J-A-A could be described as "Full house, Jacks over Aces".

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