Ex-footballer aims for a winning hand in top poker game
A former soccer player has swapped his boots for a pack of cards to clinch a place in a multi-million dollar international poker game. (27/12/2007)
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Useful poker information:
- BARN - A FULL HOUSE, three of a kind and a pair.
- CHASE - To continue in a hand, often at poor odds, in the hopes of catching a much better hand. "He called, chasing the flush.".
- STACKED [DECK] - A deck that has been arranged to give one player a huge advantage. Also: RIGGED.
- BET FOR VALUE - Betting a hand that, in the long run, is expected to win more than it loses. Antonym: BLUFF.
- LOOSE - Playing more hands than the norm. Antonym: TIGHT.
- SHILL - A card room employee who plays with House money, and does not share in any of his (her) winnings or losses. Shills are used to facilitate starting games, and keeping them going. Compare: PROP.
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