Las Vegas pro wins Doyle Brunson’s poker tournament
Despite missing the entire first day of the Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic, Daniel Alaei won the tournament Saturday at the Bellagio. Alaei, a Las Vegas professional, outlasted a final table stacked with five other professionals to win the $1.4 million prize in the World Poker Tour event.
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Casino poker language:
- BIG SLICK - In Texas Hold'em, hole cards of A-K, suited or not.
- COLD CALL - Calling both a bet and raise at the same time, as opposed to calling a bet then later calling a raise made after the call.
- SPLIT [THE POT] - To split the pot between two or more players. Related term: QUARTER.
- FIXED LIMIT - A betting structure where the amount of each bet is a specific fixed quantity. Usually specified as A-B, where A is the amount to bet in the first few betting rounds and B (larger than A) is the amount bet in the later rounds. Related terms: FLAT LIMIT, NO LIMIT, POT LIMIT, SPREAD LIMIT.
- TELL - Any personal mannerisms that reveal the quality of one's hand. E.g., constantly looking at one's hole cards is often a tell of a poor hand. (Some players, knowing this, will at times check their hole cards when they have a great hand and don't need to look.)
- OVER - A term used in describing two pair or a full house. "Kings over tens" means two pair, kings and tens. "Jacks over", also "Jacks up" describes a hand that is two pair: Jacks with an unspecified lower pair. Also used to describe a full house, distinguishing the three of a kind from the pair. The hand J-J-J-A-A could be described as "Full house, Jacks over Aces".
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