World Poker Tour Will Now Be Screened In The UK

The television show that prompted a poker boom in the United States is coming to the United Kingdom. The World Poker Tour, a weekly poker program that televises some of the biggest no-limit poker tournaments around the world, will debut on the new ITV4, a channel that will target male viewers in the UK.

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Poker talk:

SHILL - A card room employee who plays with House money, and does not share in any of his (her) winnings or losses. Shills are used to facilitate starting games, and keeping them going. Compare: PROP.
SUICIDE KING - King of Hearts. So named because in the drawing the king appears to be stabbing himself in the head.
POCKET PAIR - Generic Hold'em term for 2 hole cards of the same rank.
REBUY - [1] To purchase additional chips after an initial buy-in, usually after losing most or all of the previous buy-in. This term is most often used in certain tournaments where if one loses all one's chips, or falls below a certain minimum chip level, for an additional sum of money one can purchase a fixed amount of additional tournament chips. Usually there is a time limit (The "REBUY PERIOD") as to how long rebuys are allowed. [2] The additional chips "rebought" in tournament play.
TOP PAIR - In flop games, having a hole card that matches the highest card on the board.
SPREAD LIMIT - A variation on fixed limit wherein the minimum and maximum bets are different. A 1-4-8 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds and 1-8 in the last round. A 1-4-8-16 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds, 1 to 8 in the next-to-last round, and 1 to 16 in the last round.

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