Poker bracelet brought Hellmuth, father closer together
Baseball Hall of Famer Phil Niekro learned to pitch knuckleballs from his father. Pro Football Hall of Famer Joe Montana was schooled in passing by his dad. When Phil Hellmuth Jr. decided to drop out of the University of Wisconsin to play pro poker, he was definitely not on the same page as his dad, a dean at the school.
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Poker terminology:
- ROLLED UP - In seven-card stud, being dealt three of a kind in the first three cards.
- STRING BET - An unethical and often illegal means of raising whereby a player puts a call-size stack of chips into the pot and, after observing the reactions of the players, then goes back to his stack and puts out more, thus raising.
- POT LIMIT - A game where the maximum bet is determined by the size of the pot at the time. Note that a player wanting to raise first calls the bet, then totals the pot to determine the maximum amount he can raise.
- 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.
- DRAW OUT - To catch a card that improves your situation from a losing hand to a winning hand, especially when you beat someone holding a hand that usually figures to win.
- MARKED CARDS - Cards that have been (illegally) altered so that their value can be read from the back.
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