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 glossary:
- QUALIFIER - A minimum standard that a hand must meet in order to win. Usually applied to the lowball side of a high-low split pot.
- OPENERS - Cards in a hand that qualify a player to open the betting.
- UNDERDOG - Before all the cards are dealt, a hand that does not figure to be the winner. Ant: FAVORITE.
- DEAD MAN'S HAND - Generically: two pair, aces and eights. Specifically: the black aces, black eights and nine of diamonds. The hand Wild Bill Hickok was holding when he was shot to death.
- TO GO - The current betting level, as in "$20 to go" meaning every player must contribute $20 (total) or drop. A $10 raise would then make the pot "$30 to go".
- WIRED [PAIR] - A pair in the hole. In 5-card stud, a door card that pairs the hole card.
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