Eriksen wins 2009 New Zealand Poker Championships
New Zealand based poker player, Soren Eriksen, won the final of the New Zealand Poker Championships last night to walk away with $100,000 in prize money.
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Poker talk:
- BUTTON CHARGE - A periodic fee paid by whoever is the button, perhaps every 20 minutes or 30 minutes. Constitutes part or all of the HOUSE CUT.
- PAT HAND - In draw poker, a hand that does not need any more cards. Specifically, a straight, flush, full house or straight flush. One might bluff and represent a pat hand but actually hold something else.
- 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.
- CARDS SPEAK - Winner(s) of the hand are determined by turning their cards face up, the best hand(s) wins (no declaration).
- PASS - Opposite of bet. To check, if checked to. To fold, if bet to.
- DOOR [CARD] - A player's first upcard in stud games.
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