£20k prize for city poker star
PROFESSIONAL Edinburgh poker player Rory Mathews won £20,500 at the Maybury Casino at the weekend.
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Poker dictionary:
- FREEROLL - [1] A poker tournament that does not charge a buy-in fee; players must earn buy-in credits through previous play at the same establishment. [2] Having a lock on part of a pot (sure to win a greater fraction of the pot than one is betting) and playing to win more or all of it.
- WIRED [PAIR] - A pair in the hole. In 5-card stud, a door card that pairs the hole card.
- SEMI-BLUFF - To bluff with a come hand that figures to win if it hits.
- SIDE POT - When an active player runs out of money during the course of a hand, the remaining players participate in a second or SIDE POT for the rest of the hand. Additional side pots are possible if several players run out of money at different points in a hand.
- DOOR [CARD] - A player's first upcard in stud games.
- TAP - In no-limit games, to wager all of one's money in one bet.
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