FTOPS X Roundup: Amit Makhija Captures ‘High Rollers’ Title
The tenth Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS X), concluded late on Sunday as action in three different events wrapped up. Rising star Amit Makhija entered the day in the $5,000+200 ‘high rollers’ event as the chip leader among…
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Casino poker language:
- DEAD MAN'S HAND - Generically: two pair, aces and eights. Specifically: the black aces, black eights and nine of diamonds. The hand Wild Bill Hickok was holding when he was shot to death.
- 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.
- REPRESENT - Implying, by one's betting style, that one has a particular hand.
- SET - In Hold'em, three of a kind where two of the cards are hole cards.
- ASSAULT RIFLE - In Omaha, hole cards that are A-K-4-7 of any suit(s).
- POSSIBLE [STRAIGHT/FLUSH] - Up cards that quite possibly could lead to a straight and/or a flush.
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