Time spent at online poker pays off for student
TORONTO (Jan 14, 2009) — 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. Now, she doesn’t nag so much. Poorya Nazari, 22, who got his degree last month, accepted an oversized cheque for $3 million US yesterday as the winner of the …
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Poker glossary:
- TOP TWO PAIR - In flop games, having hole cards that make the highest possible two pair hand.
- PAY OFF - Calling a bet with little expectation of winning, unless the opponent is bluffing.
- KICKER - In hands containing pairs and trips, the highest card not matched. In draw games, sometimes a card kept for deception purposes.
- STUCK - Down a nontrivial amount of money, as in "he's stuck $800".
- SPLIT [OPENERS] - In draw poker, to discard one or more openers, usually to draw to a straight or flush. Normally requires the opener to declare the act and retain the discards so that the act of opening can later be validated.
- FULL OF - Describes a full house. "Fives full of queens" is 5-5-5-Q-Q.
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