Phil Hellmuth and the Poker Hall of Fame

While there is not an actual hall for the Poker Hall of Fame, there are still nominees, and Phil Hellmuth is the most recent of such to be inducted. The Poker Brat, who made history this year with his 11th World Series of Poker bracelet, joins Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan, TJ Cloutier and Stu Ungar in the hall, along with fellow new inductee Barbara Enright. Hellmuth, whose career tournament cashes approach $8 million, was inducted on July 5th…

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Sat, July 7th, 2007

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Poker argot:

  • RAISE - To wager more than the minimum required to call, forcing other players to put in more money as well.
  • FOLD - To decline to call a bet, thus dropping out of a hand.
  • BARN - A FULL HOUSE, three of a kind and a pair.
  • EVEN-MONEY - A bet that pays off exactly the amount wagered. E.g., "Double or nothing" is an even-money bet.
  • STRING BET - An unethical and often illegal means of raising whereby a player puts a call-size stack of chips into the pot and, after observing the reactions of the players, then goes back to his stack and puts out more, thus raising.
  • BLACK - When referring to chips, black usually stands for $100 casino chips. "This guy sits down with a stack of blacks and raises the first bet." Not ALL casinos use black for $100 but that is the common usage.
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