Poker World Series: Will Wall Street’s Begleiter Win?
Former Bear Stearns executive Steven Begleiter aims to make a cool $7.2 million with his poker skills, but one poker pro calls him “a loose cannon”
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Poker lexicon:
- CUT - To break the deck into 2 stacks of at least 5 cards each. Usually performed by the player to the dealer's right to insure that the the deck is not stacked.
- 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.
- SHOWDOWN - The point at the end of the hand where all active players reveal their cards and the pot is awarded to the winner(s).
- MANIAC - A player who bets, raises and reraises without regard to the quality of his hand. Most often found in flop games.
- IN - Still eligible to win the pot. "I'm in" is often spoken as one adds chips to the pot, calling.
- TRIP - Three of a specific kind, as in "Trip sixes".
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