Poker Player Takes Own Life
She was a poker player of some renown, although it seemed more for her antics away from the table than her skill at it: Brandi Hawbaker was found dead at the age of 26 in a California residence. The autopsy ruled it a death by suicide and the chatrooms that typically would report on Hawbaker’s behavior were buzzing with the news and speculation. Bryan Micon at NeverWinPoker was one of the hardest on Hawbaker when she was alive, and he was the first to express sorrow at the news of her passing.
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Poker terminology:
- SEVENTH STREET - The seventh card dealt in 7-card stud.
- RUSH - A winning streak. Also "ON A RUSH".
- SHORT-STACKED - Playing with a only a small amount of money, thus limiting one's risk and reward.
- 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.
- CHASE - To continue in a hand, often at poor odds, in the hopes of catching a much better hand. "He called, chasing the flush.".
- RING GAME - A standard game where players can come and go as they choose. The opposite of TOURNAMENT.
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