Poker Playing Angelil Not Such a Loser
If you were watching ESPN during the last World Series of Poker, you might have seen a sunglasses-wearing, white-haired, bearded man that looked familiar, and realized that Celine Dion’s husband Rene Angelil was taking part. The manager of the superstar is known for playing poker and otherwise enjoying casino gambling, but when the Observer reported a Harrah’s official claimed he gambled a million dollars a week, they got the figures wrong. Harrah’s, with Angelil’s permission, revealed that Angelil’s losses for the past two years were only $230,300 - and indeed were offset by winnings in excess of that number.
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Useful poker terms:
- IMPLIED ODDS - A refinement to POT ODDS which includes money not yet in the pot. Considers the potential extra bets and winnings made when a player forms a very good hand.
- BAD GAME - Any game in which you figure to be the loser, because the other players are better than you.
- OMAHA - A variant of Hold'em where each player receives 4 hole cards and must use exactly two of them (together with 3 of 5 board cards) to make a hand. Often played high-low split with an 8 qualifier for low.
- GUT SHOT - A draw to an inside straight, as in 2-3-4-6.
- UNDERDOG - Before all the cards are dealt, a hand that does not figure to be the winner. Ant: FAVORITE.
- REPRESENT - Implying, by one's betting style, that one has a particular hand.
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