Maine Man Wins Over $200,000 at 2007 Borgata Winter Poker Open

Elite poker play was on display at Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa this weekend as the 2007 Borgata Winter Poker Open continued.

LEAK - To show one's hole cards (often unknowingly).
NICKEL - Five dollars, usually represented by a red casino check.
BOAT - A FULL HOUSE, three of a kind and a pair.
PROP - Also PROPOSITION PLAYER. An employee of the gaming establishment whose primary purpose is to keep enough players at a table to prevent breaking up the game for lack of players. Unlike SHILLs "props" make a small hourly wage but play with their own money, winning or losing based on their skill.
FLUSH - A poker hand consisting of five cards all one suit.
TABLE STAKES - A standard rule whereby during a hand players can only bet the money they have on the table. If the bet to a player is more than the player's stack, that player may call with all his chips and be eligible to win only that portion of the pot he contributed to equally. A side pot is created, for which only the remaining players may compete.

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