Inside the Tour, Vol. #91: The San Jose LAPT
Off to San Jose, Costa Rica I went for the May 22-24, 2008 LAPT (Latin American Poker Tour) event. The second one ever held, it had almost 400 runners and a first prize of $274,103. Victor Ramdin, Daniel Negreanu, Brian Green…
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Poker slang:
- HOOK - A Jack. So named because the "J" resembles a hook.
- BIG SLICK - In Texas Hold'em, hole cards of A-K, suited or not.
- BUTTON CHARGE - A periodic fee paid by whoever is the button, perhaps every 20 minutes or 30 minutes. Constitutes part or all of the HOUSE CUT.
- ROYAL FLUSH - An ace-high straight flush, the best possible hand in regular poker.
- DRAW OUT - To catch a card that improves your situation from a losing hand to a winning hand, especially when you beat someone holding a hand that usually figures to win.
- SCOOP - To take all of a pot that is normally split, either by winning both halves outright or winning one half when no players qualify for the other half.
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