The PokerNews Profile: Max Pescatori
It was national pride that gave him the nickname. Max Pescatori was tired of people not realizing he was Italian, so one day he decided to wrap his head in a bandana bearing the red, white and green of his home country’s flag. Almost instantly…
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Poker argot:
- 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.
- 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.
- LOCK - A hand that cannot be beat under any circumstances. Also: NUTS.
- LITTLE SLICK - In Hold'em, hole cards of A-2, suited or not.
- LEAK - To show one's hole cards (often unknowingly).
- FOURTH STREET - In stud poker, the fourth card dealt to each player. Sometimes used to refer to the fourth community card dealt in Hold'em, although the more common term for this is TURN (q.v.).
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