Neighborhood Group Cashes In From Poker Contest
Stonington A few hands of Texas Hold ‘Em at Foxwoods Resort Casino paid off big Thursday for a local group that provides transportation, food and clothing to elderly and low-income residents.Foxwoods President John O’Brien presented the Pawcatuck Neighborhood Association with a check for $15,000, the top prize at the casino’s third annual World Poker Finals Media Showdown held last month.The winner of the charity card game was R.D. Buck Griffith, circulation manager of The Resident newspaper
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Useful poker information:
- POT - The total amount of money bet so far in a hand.
- COMPUTER HAND - Texas Hold'em hole cards of Q-7 offsuit. More generically, any hand that computer analysis/simulation determines is positive but turns out to be difficult to play in practice.
- HOOK - A Jack. So named because the "J" resembles a hook.
- IN - Still eligible to win the pot. "I'm in" is often spoken as one adds chips to the pot, calling.
- STEAM - Playing wildly, calling and raising a lot, because one is upset. Compare: ON TILT.
- LITTLE SLICK - In Hold'em, hole cards of A-2, suited or not.
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