Poker Legend Bonetti Loses Fight with Cancer
One of the “old school” poker players recently lost his fight with cancer and passed away on June 28th. A personal friend of poker pro and world champion Phil Hellmuth, John Bonetti was remembered recently in Hellmuth’s blog. Bonetti started playing poker at the age of 55 and came on strong in the event, winning many top honors and giving many poker pros, such as TJ Cloutier, a run for their money…
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Useful poker information:
- SMALL BLIND - In games with two blinds the first blind is the SMALL BLIND because it is usually one-half (or less) the second or large blind.
- FULL OF - Describes a full house. "Fives full of queens" is 5-5-5-Q-Q.
- MANIAC - A player who bets, raises and reraises without regard to the quality of his hand. Most often found in flop games.
- 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.
- BLUFF - To make a bet or raise with a poor hand, in hope that the remaining active player(s) will fold.
- ROLLED UP - In seven-card stud, being dealt three of a kind in the first three cards.
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