McKinney poker player cedes final hand to dying man
Marc Fratter made it to the final table of the World Series of Poker Circuit Event last week at the Caesars casino in Indiana, his first circuit main event.
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Casino poker language:
- BUTTON CHARGE - A periodic fee paid by whoever is the button, perhaps every 20 minutes or 30 minutes. Constitutes part or all of the HOUSE CUT.
- OVERCALL - To call a bet after one or more players already called.
- ON THE COME - A situation where the player does not have a complete hand but hopes to make one if the right cards come up.
- DRAWING DEAD - A draw in which it is impossible to obtain a winning hand for any of a variety of reasons: an opponent's hand is better than whatever you are drawing to, the card(s) that make your hand are out of play, or (in Hold'em) give an opponent a stronger hand even if it makes yours. Frequently used in the past tense, since one rarely knows it at the time.
- SET - In Hold'em, three of a kind where two of the cards are hole cards.
- OFFSUIT - Not of the same suit. "I held A-Q offsuit" or "The flop was 10-6-2 offsuit". When speaking of 5 or more cards, not all/ of the same suit, i.e., no flush, as in "button had A-K-10-8-7 offsuit."
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