The Nightly Turbo: The PokerStars Big Game, MoneyMaker and Esfandiari on Entourage, and More
We’ve got a preview of the PokerStars Big Game, which is in its third week. Did you catch the premiere of Entourage last night? If you did, then you caught Chris Moneymaker and Antonio Esfandiari doing the acting thing. We’ve got these two stories…
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Poker terminology:
- STUCK - Down a nontrivial amount of money, as in "he's stuck $800".
- RAGS - Board cards that are small, not suited and not in sequence, e.g., 9-5-2. When "rags flop", it is unlikely that anyone has a good hand, except possibly the big blind in an unraised pot.
- BELLY BUSTER - An inside straight draw. Same as GUTSHOT.
- FACE CARD - A jack, queen or king (a card with a face on it, not joker).
- LOCK - A hand that cannot be beat under any circumstances. Also: NUTS.
- NICKEL - Five dollars, usually represented by a red casino check.
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