Caesars Palace’s first poker tournament hosted by Nicky Hilton
On New Year’s Eve, a little more than a week after the opening of Caesars Palace’s $12 million poker room, Nicky Hilton and boyfriend Kevin Connolly hosted an inaugural tournament at the new poker room. The tourney, dubbed the "Nicky Hilton & Kevin Connolly New Year’s Eve Poker Tournament", had a prize pool of $120,000 and was eventually won by actress and celebrity poker player Shannon Elizabeth.
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Poker dictionary:
- ANTE - A small bet all players are required to make before a hand is dealt. Not all games have an ante. Related terms: BLIND, FORCED BET.
- OPENERS - Cards in a hand that qualify a player to open the betting.
- ALL-IN - To have all of one's chips in the pot. A player who is all-in cannot be forced out of the pot by more betting, but is only eligible to win that portion of the pot he has contributed to. Generally, a SIDE POT is created each time a player is all-in.
- RING GAME - A standard game where players can come and go as they choose. The opposite of TOURNAMENT.
- BOAT - A FULL HOUSE, three of a kind and a pair.
- FREE CARD - A card dealt after all players checked in a betting round.
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