Poker Pro to Play in Movie
The upcoming X-Men spin off movie will have a poker pro playing a cameo. The Hugh Jackman movie, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, will have poker pro Daniel Negreanu playing himself, as well as poker, with the character of Wolverine. The movie, which is set to come out in 2009, will cover the origins of the X-Men’s most iconic character, the indestructible mutant Wolverine…
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Poker terminology:
- CRYING CALL - A call made with little chance of ultimately winning, but marginally better than an immediate fold.
- READ - To determine whether an opponent has a good, medium or bad hand by observing his personal behavior. An inexact science.
- OMAHA - A variant of Hold'em where each player receives 4 hole cards and must use exactly two of them (together with 3 of 5 board cards) to make a hand. Often played high-low split with an 8 qualifier for low.
- HOYLE - Edmund Hoyle (1769-?) was the authoritative source for rules of card games. Hoyle is to card rules as Webster is to word definitions.
- TOURNAMENT - A highly structured game involving potentially dozens of tables where all participants pay an entry fee and obtain a fixed number of chips. Once a tournament has started, additional players may not enter. As the game progresses players bust out and are eliminated until only one winner remains.
- POT ODDS - The amount of money in the pot divided by the amount of money you must bet in order to call. Often used to determine if a pot offers enough reward to play on the come.
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