Pa. player donates poker winnings to educational charity
A Pennsylvania businessman says he’ll donate $415,856 in poker winnings to a California educational charity.
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Poker glossary:
- PAY OFF - Calling a bet with little expectation of winning, unless the opponent is bluffing.
- LOOSE - Playing more hands than the norm. Antonym: TIGHT.
- OVERPAIR - In Hold'em, a pair in the hole that is larger than any community card on the board.
- NUT / NUTS - The best possible hand of a given class. Not a LOCK unless all cards have been dealt. The "nut flush" is the highest possible flush, but might still lose to, e.g., a full house. Usually used in Hold'em games.
- DRAWING DEAD - A draw in which it is impossible to obtain a winning hand for any of a variety of reasons: an opponent's hand is better than whatever you are drawing to, the card(s) that make your hand are out of play, or (in Hold'em) give an opponent a stronger hand even if it makes yours. Frequently used in the past tense, since one rarely knows it at the time.
- EXPECTATION - The long-run [dis-]advantage of a given situation, specifically without reference to any particular outcome. I.e., what you figure to win [lose] on average after a large number of repetitions of the same situation.
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