Metro-East man wins $1.2 million at overseas poker tournament

MILLSTADT, Ill. (AP) — A Metro-East contractor with a penchant for poker is celebrating his recent trip to Denmark, hands down. Tim Vance, 46, of Millstadt returned home with more than $1.2 million he won at the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Scandinavian Open.

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NO-LIMIT POKER - A game where there is no maximum bet; a player can wager any amount (perhaps above some minimum) up to whatever money is on the table in front of him.
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.
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."
BIG BLIND - A blind bet, usually a raise of an earlier blind which would be called the SMALL BLIND. In limit poker, the BIG BLIND is usually the size of the minimum bet on the first round of betting.
THIRD STREET - In Stud, the third card dealt to each player.
RUSH - A winning streak. Also "ON A RUSH".

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