‘Chip’ Reese: World Series of Poker champion
Back in 1974, David Reese was planning to attend the prestigious Stanford University Business School. But he went to Las Vegas with a friend for a weekend of poker. The $400 he had with him had turned into more than $60,000 by the time he had finished a session of seven-card stud at the Flamingo ? and a weekend turned into a lifetime.
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Poker terminology:
- CASE - The fourth card of a particular rank, as in "he folded the case 9" when describing where all the 9s were in a hand. Comes from the game of Faro where an employee of the house, called the "case keeper". kept track of the number of each rank of card remaining.
- RAINBOW - In flop games, a flop in which no two cards are of the same suit. "The flop was A 9 7 rainbow."
- RAIL - A barrier dividing the card playing area from a public area.
- MITES AND LICE - A hand consisting of two pair, threes over twos.
- FLOP - [1] In Hold'em, the first three community cards, dealt simultaneously. [2] To deal a flop, or to make a hand on a flop. "I flopped trips".
- SEMI-BLUFF - To bluff with a come hand that figures to win if it hits.
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