Top Ten Stories of 2010: #6, Dwan Almost Bankrupts Poker’s Elite
PokerNews takes a look at another top moment from 2010, the time when Tom Dwan almost bankrupt the entire high-stakes poker community.
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Casino poker language:
- PASS - Opposite of bet. To check, if checked to. To fold, if bet to.
- KICKER TROUBLE - Not having as high a kicker as an opponent.
- 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".
- POT - The total amount of money bet so far in a hand.
- SCOOP - To take all of a pot that is normally split, either by winning both halves outright or winning one half when no players qualify for the other half.
- 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.
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