High-Rolling Poker King Phil Ivey on the Cover of ESPN The Magazine
NEW YORK—-Shortly after graduating from high school, Phil Ivey told his parents that he wanted to be a professional poker player. Now at 32, with seven World Series of Poker bracelets, Ivey is regarded as the best poker player in the world.
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Poker lexicon:
- FIFTH STREET - In stud poker, the fifth card to be dealt to each player. Sometimes used to refer to the last card dealt in Hold'em, although the more common term for this is RIVER (q.v.).
- LOWBALL - Generic term for poker where the lowest hand wins.
- LATE BLIND - In addition to "regular" blinds, some games allow a player (particularly a new one) to post a blind bet in return for the right to enter the game immediately and act last on the first betting round. The amount of the blind is determined by house rules, usually somewhere between the last blind and double the last blind. It is frequently a LIVE BLIND.
- OPENER - The player who opens the betting, especially in draw poker. A hand may have no openers, in which case it is PASSED OUT, i.e., new hands are dealt.
- FOUR OF A KIND - A hand containing all four cards of the same rank.
- WORLD SERIES OF POKER - A series of several different poker games with relatively large buy-ins, culminating in a $10,000 buy-in no-limit Hold'em tournament, the winner of which is crowned the World Poker Champion. Sponsored by Binion's Horseshoe Club in Las Vegas.
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