Retired Iowa man wins $400K poker championship
A retired home inspector from eastern Iowa has won over $400,000 in a poker tournament in Las Vegas.
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Poker jargon:
- PAY OFF - Calling a bet with little expectation of winning, unless the opponent is bluffing.
- MUCK - [1] A collection of face-down cards near the dealer composed of discards, i.e., folded hands, burns and discards for drawing purposes. [2] To throw one's cards into the muck, thus folding.
- SEMI-BLUFF - To bluff with a come hand that figures to win if it hits.
- SET - In Hold'em, three of a kind where two of the cards are hole cards.
- LEAK - To show one's hole cards (often unknowingly).
- BARN - A FULL HOUSE, three of a kind and a pair.
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