2005 US Poker TV Ratings: a Year-End Roundup, Part II

Television networks in the US are continuing their plans with poker programming in 2006.

ESPN exercised its option with Harrah’s Entertainment to retain the worldwide TV rights to WSOP-branded poker tournaments through the 2007 WSOP World Championship Main Event. According to a Harrah’s official, ESPN will pay about $20 million for these rights in the next two years.

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Poker dictionary:

BOAT - A FULL HOUSE, three of a kind and a pair.
FLAT LIMIT - A variant of fixed limit where all bets are the same amount.
TOURNAMENT - A highly structured game involving potentially dozens of tables where all participants pay an entry fee and obtain a fixed number of chips. Once a tournament has started, additional players may not enter. As the game progresses players bust out and are eliminated until only one winner remains.
WHEEL - A-2-3-4-5. Usually discussed in the context of lowball where it is the best possible hand. Can also refer to a 5-high straight in high games. Also: BICYCLE.
PAT HAND - In draw poker, a hand that does not need any more cards. Specifically, a straight, flush, full house or straight flush. One might bluff and represent a pat hand but actually hold something else.
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.

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