Non-profit that teaches decision making brings on poker pro
Hoping for an ace in the hand, a Palo Alto non-profit this weekend welcomed its newest board member - professional poker player Annie Duke.
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Poker lexicon:
- SIDE POT - When an active player runs out of money during the course of a hand, the remaining players participate in a second or SIDE POT for the rest of the hand. Additional side pots are possible if several players run out of money at different points in a hand.
- ON TILT - Playing worse (usually, more aggressively) than usual because a player has become emotionally upset.
- BRODERICK CRAWFORD - In Hold'em, hole cards of 10-4. From the 1950s TV series "Highway Patrol", starring Broderick Crawford.
- BIG SLICK - In Texas Hold'em, hole cards of A-K, suited or not.
- OUT - [1] A card that will improve your hand, often substantially. A hand with many OUTS is preferable to a hand with only 1 or 2. [2] Folded, ineligible to bet or win this hand. "I'm out" is often a synonym for "I fold".
- RAIL - A barrier dividing the card playing area from a public area.
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