Picks and Perks
Visiting or playing in New York? You can win a seat for the World Poker Classic via satellite tournaments ($60 buy-in) held every Thursday at Seneca Allegany Poker Room. The Seneca World Poker Classic will be held on February 2, 2006 at Seneca Niagara Casino.
The confirmed attendees thus far for the Seneca World Poker Classic include: Jennifer Tilly, Phil Laak (aka Unabomber,) Tom McEvoy, Linda Johnson, Jan Fisher, Miami John Cernuto, Scotty Nuygen, Men the Master, Antonio (the Magician) Esfandiari and Jennifer Harman.
Also, players at Seneca Allegany or Seneca Niagara can participate in “Punt, Pass & Pick,” a weekly football contest with more than $6800 given out in weekly prizes. Pick the winners of the Sunday and Monday NFL games for your shot at cash prizes. For those who are able to participate every week, a grand prize of $10,000 will be given away to the player with the most correct picks for the entire season.
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Poker glossary:
- FAVORITE - Before all the cards are dealt, a hand that figures to be the winner. Ant: UNDERDOG.
- RAINBOW - In flop games, a flop in which no two cards are of the same suit. "The flop was A 9 7 rainbow."
- HOYLE - Edmund Hoyle (1769-?) was the authoritative source for rules of card games. Hoyle is to card rules as Webster is to word definitions.
- TAP - In no-limit games, to wager all of one's money in one bet.
- 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.
- FREEROLL - [1] A poker tournament that does not charge a buy-in fee; players must earn buy-in credits through previous play at the same establishment. [2] Having a lock on part of a pot (sure to win a greater fraction of the pot than one is betting) and playing to win more or all of it.
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