Local poker player rakes in $1.2 million

When he was 18, Michael DeMichele began his professional poker career at the Turning Stone Resort and Casino in Verona, Oneida County.

SUITED - Two or more cards all the same suit. Ant: OFF-SUIT.
CASE - The fourth card of a particular rank, as in "he folded the case 9" when describing where all the 9s were in a hand. Comes from the game of Faro where an employee of the house, called the "case keeper". kept track of the number of each rank of card remaining.
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.
CUT - To break the deck into 2 stacks of at least 5 cards each. Usually performed by the player to the dealer's right to insure that the the deck is not stacked.
FAMILY POT - A pot where all of the players at the table are participating, even after each has had an opportunity to act.
SET - In Hold'em, three of a kind where two of the cards are hole cards.

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