Young poker player goes pro in hopes of making it big
Sioux City, Ia. - Playing poker professionally was once strictly the domain of fictional riverboat types like Bret Maverick or grizzled, cheroot-chomping tough guys like Doc Holliday.
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Useful poker information:
- LIVE BLIND - The last and largest blind bet may or may not be LIVE. If LIVE, the blind bettor has the option of "raising" his own blind in the event the bet is called around to him. This is normal, and is sometimes referred to as "blinds are live".
- BARN - A FULL HOUSE, three of a kind and a pair.
- FOUR OF A KIND - A hand containing all four cards of the same rank.
- HOYLE - Edmund Hoyle (1769-?) was the authoritative source for rules of card games. Hoyle is to card rules as Webster is to word definitions.
- PAT - Holding or being dealt a pat hand. "I'm pat" would mean "I don't want to draw any cards.
- SUITED - Two or more cards all the same suit. Ant: OFF-SUIT.
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