Sports Star Goes Far in Poker Competition
At the 2008 NBC National Heads Up Championship poker pros and celebrities butt heads to see who is the best in a head to head poker competition, and former NL Cy Young Award winner Orel Hershiser came close to proving that it was him. He knocked out eight poker players before being knocked out himself by Andy Bloch (who was in turn knocked out by Chris “Jesus” Ferguson.) Ted Forrest, Allen Cunningham and Freddy Deeb were among those eliminated by Hershiser. Ferguson, who had come in second place in two previous years’ competitions, went on to win the event.
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Poker glossary:
- FLUSH - A poker hand consisting of five cards all one suit.
- 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.
- BAD GAME - Any game in which you figure to be the loser, because the other players are better than you.
- REBUY - [1] To purchase additional chips after an initial buy-in, usually after losing most or all of the previous buy-in. This term is most often used in certain tournaments where if one loses all one's chips, or falls below a certain minimum chip level, for an additional sum of money one can purchase a fixed amount of additional tournament chips. Usually there is a time limit (The "REBUY PERIOD") as to how long rebuys are allowed. [2] The additional chips "rebought" in tournament play.
- 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.
- FLOORMAN - The casino representative in charge of the card room or a section of a card room. Arbitrates disputes when unusual events happen.
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