Last 9 prep for World Series of Poker final table
Darvin Moon’s preparations for a run at the $8.55 million top prize at the World Series of Poker included an extended hunting trip last month in Wyoming. While there, he slept in a two-room cabin without electricity and pretty much avoided any contact with the outside world. The 46-year-old self-employed logger from Oakland, Md., will get plenty of attention this weekend as the chip leader…
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Casino poker language:
- REPRESENT - Implying, by one's betting style, that one has a particular hand.
- TOKE - Gambling term for "tip", as in "Toke the cocktail waitress". Comes from the term "Token of appreciation".
- AMERICAN AIRLINES - In Hold'em, a pair of Aces in the hole. Better known (at least in rec.gambling) as POCKET ROCKETS.
- FAMILY POT - A pot where all of the players at the table are participating, even after each has had an opportunity to act.
- STUD - Any of several poker games in which some of each players' cards are exposed.
- QUARTER - [1] Twenty-five dollars, often symbolized by a green casino chip. [2] To divide half a pot between two tying hands. In split pot games, a player who "ties" another player for their half of the pot is said to be "quartered". One might say "I didn't bet my A-2 because I figured I'd get quartered".
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