Brandon Hall of Littlestown, PA Takes Down UltimateBet’s $2.3 Million Aruba Poker Classic Main Event
MIAMI, FL–(Marketwire - 10/13/09) - There must be something in the water in the Keystone State. For the second year in a row, a resident of Pennsylvania has won the UltimateBet Aruba Poker Classic Main Event. Brandon Hall of Littlestown, PA, conquered the island poker tournament late Saturday evening, securing the first place prize of $753,330. Hall’s win comes one year after Matt Brady of …
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Poker slang:
- CAP - To cap the betting is to make the last permitted raise in a round.
- MARKED CARDS - Cards that have been (illegally) altered so that their value can be read from the back.
- INSIDE STRAIGHT - Four cards to a straight, where only one rank will complete the hand. E.g., 4-5-6-8 is an inside straight since only a 7 will fill (i.e., complete) the hand. Often called a GUT-SHOT. Compare: BOBTAIL STRAIGHT, OPEN-ENDED STRAIGHT.
- SHARK - A good/crafty player often posing as a fish early in the game.
- MISDEAL - A hand dealt incorrectly that must be re-dealt.
- WHITE BLACKBIRD - A hand so astonishingly rare as to be unworthy of the opponents' consideration, e.g., being dealt a pat royal flush in 5-card draw.
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