Mike Sexton 2009 inductee for Poker Hall of Fame
Professional poker player Mike Sexton will be inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame after a 30-year playing career that includes one World Series of Poker tournament win and about $3.7 million in earnings. The 62-year-old Sexton will be honored during the final table of the World Series of Poker main event next month in Las Vegas, series officials said Thursday.
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Poker jargon:
- OFFSUIT - Not of the same suit. "I held A-Q offsuit" or "The flop was 10-6-2 offsuit". When speaking of 5 or more cards, not all/ of the same suit, i.e., no flush, as in "button had A-K-10-8-7 offsuit."
- BURN - To discard the top card of the deck prior to dealing, usually done for every dealing round except the first. The theory being that if somehow the cards are marked (illegally) no one will know what card will next be dealt, only what card will be burned. This makes marked cards less of an advantage, hence tends to reduce cheating.
- STRAIGHT FLUSH - A hand consisting of 5 cards in sequence and the same suit.
- FLAT CALL - To call a bet. Emphasizes that the caller did not raise.
- STEAM - Playing wildly, calling and raising a lot, because one is upset. Compare: ON TILT.
- HOYLE - Edmund Hoyle (1769-?) was the authoritative source for rules of card games. Hoyle is to card rules as Webster is to word definitions.
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