Down to the Wire: U.S. Senator vs. Intern for Grand Prize as High-Stakes Poker Players, Politicians and Celebrities Go …
The atmosphere was electric as veterans, high-stakes poker players, politicians and celebrities gathered last night in our nation’s capital to Go All In for Paralyzed Veterans of America (Paralyzed Veterans). At the end of the evening, the two players left at the table were U.S. Senator Mark Begich and Poker Players Alliance intern R.J. Van Auken, battling for the grand prize, a place at the …
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Poker terminology:
- MARKED CARDS - Cards that have been (illegally) altered so that their value can be read from the back.
- FLAT CALL - To call a bet. Emphasizes that the caller did not raise.
- SIDE POT - When an active player runs out of money during the course of a hand, the remaining players participate in a second or SIDE POT for the rest of the hand. Additional side pots are possible if several players run out of money at different points in a hand.
- SPREAD LIMIT - A variation on fixed limit wherein the minimum and maximum bets are different. A 1-4-8 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds and 1-8 in the last round. A 1-4-8-16 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds, 1 to 8 in the next-to-last round, and 1 to 16 in the last round.
- CRYING CALL - A call made with little chance of ultimately winning, but marginally better than an immediate fold.
- BACK DOOR - Applies to a hand that was made in the last card or two, specifically not a hand the player was originally planning on having. Most often applied to straights and flushes.
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