Online Poker Tournament Winner at Mansion

12 hours into a scrapping online poker contest and a winner was finally crowned. RUM231 came out on top and was rewarded an unbelievable cash prize for his efforts - $200,000 in cash!

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Tue, October 20th, 2009

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  • TABLE STAKES - A standard rule whereby during a hand players can only bet the money they have on the table. If the bet to a player is more than the player's stack, that player may call with all his chips and be eligible to win only that portion of the pot he contributed to equally. A side pot is created, for which only the remaining players may compete.
  • RAKE - Money taken from each pot and given to the house in return for hosting the game. Usually a percentage of the pot (5%-10%) up to some maximum amount.
  • PASSED OUT. - A hand in which nobody opens. What happens next is a function of the game being played.
  • SCOOP - To take all of a pot that is normally split, either by winning both halves outright or winning one half when no players qualify for the other half.
  • PAT - Holding or being dealt a pat hand. "I'm pat" would mean "I don't want to draw any cards.
  • 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.
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