World of Poker

I was reading a post about how more and more teenagers are getting involved or rather addicted to gambling at a very early age. And started wondering how many people like the game of poker for recreational purposes vs playing for extra income.

I recognize there is always a interest in making some extra cash but how seriously is this option pursued by those who play the game. Does it become their lively hood or do they take it in proper perspective and treat the game as entertainment.

I plan on doing some digging and posting more on this topic soon.

Nguyen wins H.O.R.S.E

How would like to be one of these 2 guys?

Nguyen, a seasoned veteran at poker with 4 gold bracelets, wins $2 million dollars by beating out a New Jersey local 23-year-old Michael DeMichele in H.O.R.S.E., a rotating-game tournament that cost $50,000 to enter.
Although No-Limit Texas Hold-’em is the most popular poker game. It’s the game played in the WSOP main event and on numerous television shows. HORSE is widely known in poker circles as the “Players Championship,” due to the variety of skills required to win.
During a H.O.R.S.E. tournament, which stands for five games of poker played in rotation—Hold ‘em, Omaha, Razz, Stud and Eight or Better—tests the all-around player more than the No Limit Hold ‘em game, which was born in Texas and has become the most popular poker game worldwide.
More specifically Hold’em is when players are dealt two cards and there are five community cards; then you have Omaha High, where players are dealt four cards with three community cards; Razz, is a game where the player receives seven cards and the worst combination of five cards wins; For Seven-Card Stud, in each player receives seven cards and the best five-card combination wins; an then there is Eight or Better, a combination of the last two games, the pot is split between the best five-card combination and the worst, while the worst hand cannot have any card higher than an eight.

In poker a person who holds a set of cards known as a full house has a powerful poker hand. In spanish it is called: una casa completa.

I may have this wrong and will need to research the words. Like many other english to spanish translations sometimes word for word the translation doesn’t make sense. In this case a casa completa does mean a full house, it just doesn’t say what the house is full of. But that doesn’t matter since when spoken in a poker game everyone knows what it means.

However before we try to undertstand the meaning of poker hands in spanish we must first know what the various hands of poker period.

I’m not an expert at poker hands but do know some of the basics. Such as a pair - una pare, 2 pairs - dos pare, 3 of a kind tres de la mismas, and of course the full house , or casa completa.

There are plenty more hands so this is just a small sample. There are also a large number of different poker games , such as texas holdem. In each game the poker language will basically stay the same when it comes to the actual poker hands.