Mike Brinker: Poker success leads to big bucks, possible career
CAMERON SHARP /THE LANTERN Mike Brinker sets up a poker table in his basement. Brinker has won more than $9,000 playing the game online but says he prefers live games. In spring 2005, Mike Brinker faced a choice that confronts millions of college students every year: stay in school or get a job. However, the job that Brinker was presented with was not a typical college …
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Poker terminology:
- CRYING CALL - A call made with little chance of ultimately winning, but marginally better than an immediate fold.
- LIVE [CARD] - In Stud, a card probably not held by other players.
- FIFTH STREET - In stud poker, the fifth card to be dealt to each player. Sometimes used to refer to the last card dealt in Hold'em, although the more common term for this is RIVER (q.v.).
- TAPPED [OUT] - Out of money. Can refer to a player running out of money in the course of a hand, thus still active for the main pot; or can refer to a player who has lost his bankroll and can no longer play.
- BIG BLIND - A blind bet, usually a raise of an earlier blind which would be called the SMALL BLIND. In limit poker, the BIG BLIND is usually the size of the minimum bet on the first round of betting.
- FULL OF - Describes a full house. "Fives full of queens" is 5-5-5-Q-Q.
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