John Tabatabai Is Latest All Africa Poker Champion
March 17 - John Tabatabai, known as Britain’s ‘craziest player’, wowed the crowds at the recent All Africa Poker championship at Piggs Peak Casino in Swaziland, and took home a cool R1-million in prize money.
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Poker lexicon:
- POT LIMIT - A game where the maximum bet is determined by the size of the pot at the time. Note that a player wanting to raise first calls the bet, then totals the pot to determine the maximum amount he can raise.
- BLACK - When referring to chips, black usually stands for $100 casino chips. "This guy sits down with a stack of blacks and raises the first bet." Not ALL casinos use black for $100 but that is the common usage.
- FILL - To draw a card that makes a five-card hand (straight, flush, full house, straight flush).
- PAY OFF - Calling a bet with little expectation of winning, unless the opponent is bluffing.
- 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.
- BRODERICK CRAWFORD - In Hold'em, hole cards of 10-4. From the 1950s TV series "Highway Patrol", starring Broderick Crawford.
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