Sexton Gives World Poker Tour Video Game Stamp Of Approval
With Mike Sexton, poker pro and, along with Vince Van Patton, co-host of the ultra popular World Poker Tour television show, playing a role in the new World Poker Tour video game, you might expect he had some positive things to say about it. He makes a number of solid points in his article for Card Player Magazine that suggest the game holds to the same quality and excitement that the WPT shows are known for.
It is on thing for a video game for poker to claim you get a genuine experience when facing the artificial intelligence of poker pros as your opponents, and another thing entirely for one of those pros to test it out and validate the claim. At the Borgata Poker Open the WPT game was demoed in public, and Mike Sexton gave it a spin…
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Poker argot:
- LEAK - To show one's hole cards (often unknowingly).
- 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.
- QUALIFIER - A minimum standard that a hand must meet in order to win. Usually applied to the lowball side of a high-low split pot.
- DRAW - [1] A class of poker games characterized by players being dealt 5 cards face-down and later having the opportunity to replace some of the original 5. "Draw poker" and "Five-card draw" are examples of usage. [2] In stud and Hold'em games, the set of cards that will be dealt later can be collectively called "the draw". [3] To discard some number of cards and have dealt an equal number of replacements.
- LATE POSITION - For a particular betting round, a player who does not have to act until most of the other players have acted.
- CHECK RAISE - To check initially, then raise a bet made later on in the same betting round. Frequently a sign of strength, but may be a bluff.
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