Queenstown poker player knows when to hold ‘em
ueenstown bar owner Matty Yates yesterday came out on top after three days of the New Zealand Poker Tour event at Queenstown’s SkyCity Casino. He will take $67,050 in chips through to today’s second round after amassing the highest chip count after the three-day first round.
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Poker dictionary:
- NO-LIMIT POKER - A game where there is no maximum bet; a player can wager any amount (perhaps above some minimum) up to whatever money is on the table in front of him.
- CUT - To break the deck into 2 stacks of at least 5 cards each. Usually performed by the player to the dealer's right to insure that the the deck is not stacked.
- FULL OF - Describes a full house. "Fives full of queens" is 5-5-5-Q-Q.
- ROLLED UP - In seven-card stud, being dealt three of a kind in the first three cards.
- MARKED CARDS - Cards that have been (illegally) altered so that their value can be read from the back.
- RAINBOW - In flop games, a flop in which no two cards are of the same suit. "The flop was A 9 7 rainbow."
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