Floor! Retired Casino Manager Rakes in $11k Aussie Millions Package from PokerListings.com and Pacific Poker
Nick Turnock, a 51-year-old retired casino manager from Somerset, U.K., took down an exclusive PokerListings.com and Pacific Poker co-sponsored freeroll this week and snagged an $11,000 package, including buy-in and expenses, for the richest poker tournament in the Southern Hemisphere, the 2008 Aussie Millions. (PRWeb Nov 24, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: …
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Poker dictionary:
- TOKE - Gambling term for "tip", as in "Toke the cocktail waitress". Comes from the term "Token of appreciation".
- POSITION - One's location in the betting sequence, relative to the players still in the hand. First position is first to act.
- LAY ODDS - To give favorable odds to an opponent.
- COMPUTER HAND - Texas Hold'em hole cards of Q-7 offsuit. More generically, any hand that computer analysis/simulation determines is positive but turns out to be difficult to play in practice.
- FREEZE-OUT - A table-stakes game that continues until a small number of players (possibly only one) has all the money. The major event in The World Series of Poker is a freeze-out game.
- HOOK - A Jack. So named because the "J" resembles a hook.
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