22-year-old Ont. man says ignoring mom’s advice paid off; wins $3M playing poker
TORONTO - Like any good mother, Zahra Bahmani was concerned when she heard her son was staying up late most nights playing online poker when he could have been studying toward his biochemistry degree at McMaster University.
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Poker lingo:
- WALK - A pot won by the last blind when no one opens.
- 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.
- 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.
- MISDEAL - A hand dealt incorrectly that must be re-dealt.
- DOOR [CARD] - A player's first upcard in stud games.
- BLUFF - To make a bet or raise with a poor hand, in hope that the remaining active player(s) will fold.
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