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You gotta know when to Texas hold'em at UMSL
Annual poker tournament draws crowd
Kimberly Hudson
Issue date: 11/10/08 Section: News
Are you good at card games?
If you are (or even if you are not), the University of Missouri-St. Louis holds annual poker games and this year was the "Texas Hold 'em Tournament!"
The tournament is usually played with a 52-card deck, and needs at least two players with no more than 11 players.
The Texas Hold 'em Tournament was held on South Campus in the Provincial Hall from 7 -11 p.m. on Thursday night and officially started at 7:15 p.m.
The event drew in 46 players.
Charlotte Caeys, graduate student, business administration, came here from France and said she learned to play poker here, and has loved it from the first time she played. "I found out [how to play poker] on the Internet," Caeys said.
There were seven tables, one for the last ten people who survived until the end. Seven to eight people were seated at each table.
Students received Campus Recreation T-shirts and golf towels depending on how late they lasted at their table.
The last three people playing at the tournament table received gift cards to Best Buy in the amounts of $25, $50 and $100.
There was also a drawing for a Phillips Norelco Shaver. Each game lasted 15 minutes, and those that stayed in the game after others dealt out were sent to other tables to continue playing until the 10 people were left to play the tournament.
"I've been playing [for] eight years," Dustin Huggins, sophomore, engineering, said. "I'm from Arkansas and here on a baseball scholarship. Poker is better [than other card games], way better. I learned to play on my own."
Texas Hold 'em poker is broken down into five categories.
The first part of the game is a Preflop.
The dealer will deal out two cards to each player face down in the middle of the table and then players bet.
The dealer has a white button with the word "Dealer" on it to signify when the dealing is completed. Then the button is passed from player to player after each hand.
If you are (or even if you are not), the University of Missouri-St. Louis holds annual poker games and this year was the "Texas Hold 'em Tournament!"
The tournament is usually played with a 52-card deck, and needs at least two players with no more than 11 players.
The Texas Hold 'em Tournament was held on South Campus in the Provincial Hall from 7 -11 p.m. on Thursday night and officially started at 7:15 p.m.
The event drew in 46 players.
Charlotte Caeys, graduate student, business administration, came here from France and said she learned to play poker here, and has loved it from the first time she played. "I found out [how to play poker] on the Internet," Caeys said.
There were seven tables, one for the last ten people who survived until the end. Seven to eight people were seated at each table.
Students received Campus Recreation T-shirts and golf towels depending on how late they lasted at their table.
The last three people playing at the tournament table received gift cards to Best Buy in the amounts of $25, $50 and $100.
There was also a drawing for a Phillips Norelco Shaver. Each game lasted 15 minutes, and those that stayed in the game after others dealt out were sent to other tables to continue playing until the 10 people were left to play the tournament.
"I've been playing [for] eight years," Dustin Huggins, sophomore, engineering, said. "I'm from Arkansas and here on a baseball scholarship. Poker is better [than other card games], way better. I learned to play on my own."
Texas Hold 'em poker is broken down into five categories.
The first part of the game is a Preflop.
The dealer will deal out two cards to each player face down in the middle of the table and then players bet.
The dealer has a white button with the word "Dealer" on it to signify when the dealing is completed. Then the button is passed from player to player after each hand.
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