Young Dutchman Wins First Latin American Poker Tour
May 9 - 19 year old Julien Nuijten from Amsterdam beat 314 opponents to take home over $200-K in prize money for winning the PokerStars.net sponsored Latin American Poker Tour.
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Poker jargon:
- STRING BET - An unethical and often illegal means of raising whereby a player puts a call-size stack of chips into the pot and, after observing the reactions of the players, then goes back to his stack and puts out more, thus raising.
- TRIPS - Three of a kind. In Hold'em the term SET is used when two of the three cards are hole cards.
- BRODERICK CRAWFORD - In Hold'em, hole cards of 10-4. From the 1950s TV series "Highway Patrol", starring Broderick Crawford.
- BLUFF - To make a bet or raise with a poor hand, in hope that the remaining active player(s) will fold.
- PROP - Also PROPOSITION PLAYER. An employee of the gaming establishment whose primary purpose is to keep enough players at a table to prevent breaking up the game for lack of players. Unlike SHILLs "props" make a small hourly wage but play with their own money, winning or losing based on their skill.
- BARN - A FULL HOUSE, three of a kind and a pair.
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