Heads Up Poker Round One
The NBC Heads Up Poker Championship is underway and the first round of eliminations is done. Poker pros, online qualifiers and Hollywood invitees all matched up in player vs player competition, with only one player per match advancing to the next round. Players that did not advance include David Williams, Annie Duke, Dan Schreiber, Don Cheadle, David Singer, Alisha Kunze, Bill Edler and Chris Moneymaker…
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Poker slang:
- 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.
- CUT - To break the deck into 2 stacks of at least 5 cards each. Usually performed by the player to the dealer's right to insure that the the deck is not stacked.
- FREE CARD - A card dealt after all players checked in a betting round.
- PAT - Holding or being dealt a pat hand. "I'm pat" would mean "I don't want to draw any cards.
- ONE-EYED - The jack of hearts, jack of spades or king of diamonds. So named because the characters are drawn in profile, thus showing only one eye.
- PAT HAND - In draw poker, a hand that does not need any more cards. Specifically, a straight, flush, full house or straight flush. One might bluff and represent a pat hand but actually hold something else.
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