The Dragon Closes on Poker POY

David Pham was already in the lead when it came to this year’s Card Player Magazine Player of the Year race, but he held his lead by only 300 points over his closest threat, Jonathan Little. Should Little do well or win a POY ranked game, he would over take the man they call “The Dragon.” Pham doesn’t have to worry much about that now after a victory at a $2,500 buy in event at the Five Diamond World Poker Classic. The win bought Pham more than a thousand points, putting his lead up over 1,400…

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Poker slang:

FACE CARD - A jack, queen or king (a card with a face on it, not joker).
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.
FREE CARD - A card dealt after all players checked in a betting round.
TURN - The fourth community card in Hold'em.
KICKER - In hands containing pairs and trips, the highest card not matched. In draw games, sometimes a card kept for deception purposes.
STAKE - The amount of a player's BUY-IN, or the amount of money they are willing to play with in a given session. Compare: BANKROLL.

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