Roy Winston Wins $1.5 million in Poker Tournament
Coming off a 26th-place finish at the World Series of Poker, Rancho Mirage’s Roy Winston won the Borgata Poker Open in Atlantic City, taking home a $1.5 million prize in front of his parents.
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Poker lexicon:
- RERAISE - To raise after an opponent has raised.
- STAND OFF - To call a raise. "Opener raises, I stand off".
- TOKE - Gambling term for "tip", as in "Toke the cocktail waitress". Comes from the term "Token of appreciation".
- WHITE BLACKBIRD - A hand so astonishingly rare as to be unworthy of the opponents' consideration, e.g., being dealt a pat royal flush in 5-card draw.
- CAP - To cap the betting is to make the last permitted raise in a round.
- FULL OF - Describes a full house. "Fives full of queens" is 5-5-5-Q-Q.
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