APT Macau: Day 1A Belongs to Steicke

If it’s August, it’s time for big buy-in No-Limit Hold’em poker in Macau. The first of the Macau major tournaments, the 2009 Asian Poker Tour Macau Main Event, kicked off today in an eighth floor ballroom at the Galaxy StarWorld Hotel and Casino.

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Poker slang:

• STRAIGHT FLUSH - A hand consisting of 5 cards in sequence and the same suit.
• FULL HOUSE - A hand consisting of 3-of-a-kind and a (different) pair.
• SPLIT [THE POT] - To split the pot between two or more players. Related term: QUARTER.
• REPRESENT - Implying, by one's betting style, that one has a particular hand.
• BOAT - A FULL HOUSE, three of a kind and a pair.
• POSITION - One's location in the betting sequence, relative to the players still in the hand. First position is first to act.