Poker amateur beats Pros and Celebs
Amateur Defeats Hollywood Heavyweights and Poker’s Finest at the 5th Annual World Poker Tour Invitational
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Poker jargon:
- STRAIGHT FLUSH - A hand consisting of 5 cards in sequence and the same suit.
- BAD-BEAT JACKPOT - In some cardrooms, a prize that is shared by the players in a game, when a very good hand (usually Aces full, or better) is beaten by a higher hand. Jackpots are usually financed by taking a drop ($1 is a common amount) from every pot. A typical division of the jackpot will give the losing hand 50 %, the winning hand 25 %, and the other players at the table share the remaining 25 % of the Jackpot.
- MUCK - [1] A collection of face-down cards near the dealer composed of discards, i.e., folded hands, burns and discards for drawing purposes. [2] To throw one's cards into the muck, thus folding.
- STACKED [DECK] - A deck that has been arranged to give one player a huge advantage. Also: RIGGED.
- BIG BLIND - A blind bet, usually a raise of an earlier blind which would be called the SMALL BLIND. In limit poker, the BIG BLIND is usually the size of the minimum bet on the first round of betting.
- TRIPS - Three of a kind. In Hold'em the term SET is used when two of the three cards are hole cards.
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