World Poker Tour Featured on UK Channel

LOS ANGELES - (PRESS RELEASE) — WPT Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq: WPTE) announced today that it has inked an agreement for its WORLD POKER TOUR(R) television series to be featured programming when the UK’s much-anticipated ITV4 network kicks off on November 1. ITV4 is the latest addition to the powerful ITV family of networks broadcasting in the United Kingdom. The new network is an “entertainment channel providing quality programming to a discerning, up-market audience with a male bias.”This is …

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Poker lingo:

WORLD SERIES OF POKER - A series of several different poker games with relatively large buy-ins, culminating in a $10,000 buy-in no-limit Hold'em tournament, the winner of which is crowned the World Poker Champion. Sponsored by Binion's Horseshoe Club in Las Vegas.
STEAM - Playing wildly, calling and raising a lot, because one is upset. Compare: ON TILT.
ON TILT - Playing worse (usually, more aggressively) than usual because a player has become emotionally upset.
SHOWDOWN - The point at the end of the hand where all active players reveal their cards and the pot is awarded to the winner(s).
DEAD MAN'S HAND - Generically: two pair, aces and eights. Specifically: the black aces, black eights and nine of diamonds. The hand Wild Bill Hickok was holding when he was shot to death.
RIDER BACK (TM) - A brand of playing cards that feature a bicycle rider on the back of the cards. Often used in home games. Compare: BEE No. 92.

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