She’s all in: UNR grad has become best female poker player in world
Most people have seen the broadcasts. Poker’s best players gathered around a table in Las Vegas, staring each other down, trying to glean some indication of what their opponents are holding.
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Poker lexicon:
- 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.
- BURN - To discard the top card of the deck prior to dealing, usually done for every dealing round except the first. The theory being that if somehow the cards are marked (illegally) no one will know what card will next be dealt, only what card will be burned. This makes marked cards less of an advantage, hence tends to reduce cheating.
- SPLIT [THE POT] - To split the pot between two or more players. Related term: QUARTER.
- KICKER TROUBLE - Not having as high a kicker as an opponent.
- NO-LIMIT POKER - A game where there is no maximum bet; a player can wager any amount (perhaps above some minimum) up to whatever money is on the table in front of him.
- COLD CALL - Calling both a bet and raise at the same time, as opposed to calling a bet then later calling a raise made after the call.
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