Hewlett man playing for top poker stakes in Vegas
All eyes in the poker world will be on nine players this weekend as the final table of the most important poker event in the world held each year plays out in Las Vegas. And among the nine is a professional poker player from Hewlett.
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Casino poker language:
- SIDE POT - When an active player runs out of money during the course of a hand, the remaining players participate in a second or SIDE POT for the rest of the hand. Additional side pots are possible if several players run out of money at different points in a hand.
- PROP - Also PROPOSITION PLAYER. An employee of the gaming establishment whose primary purpose is to keep enough players at a table to prevent breaking up the game for lack of players. Unlike SHILLs "props" make a small hourly wage but play with their own money, winning or losing based on their skill.
- INSIDE STRAIGHT - Four cards to a straight, where only one rank will complete the hand. E.g., 4-5-6-8 is an inside straight since only a 7 will fill (i.e., complete) the hand. Often called a GUT-SHOT. Compare: BOBTAIL STRAIGHT, OPEN-ENDED STRAIGHT.
- POSSIBLE [STRAIGHT/FLUSH] - Up cards that quite possibly could lead to a straight and/or a flush.
- STEAM - Playing wildly, calling and raising a lot, because one is upset. Compare: ON TILT.
- PASSED OUT. - A hand in which nobody opens. What happens next is a function of the game being played.
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