Phil Ivey Makes Exclusive List
When it comes down to making an impact in the business, social or political world, you will rarely find poker players listed. In the past, poker was not as big a business as it is today…
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Useful poker terms:
- FIXED LIMIT - A betting structure where the amount of each bet is a specific fixed quantity. Usually specified as A-B, where A is the amount to bet in the first few betting rounds and B (larger than A) is the amount bet in the later rounds. Related terms: FLAT LIMIT, NO LIMIT, POT LIMIT, SPREAD LIMIT.
- SIDE POT - When an active player runs out of money during the course of a hand, the remaining players participate in a second or SIDE POT for the rest of the hand. Additional side pots are possible if several players run out of money at different points in a hand.
- UNDER THE GUN - The position that has to act first in a round of betting.
- BAD GAME - Any game in which you figure to be the loser, because the other players are better than you.
- RUSH - A winning streak. Also "ON A RUSH".
- 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.
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