WSOP Anticipates 8,000 For Main Event 06
2005 was another record year for tournament poker, in terms of number of events available at the World Series of Poker, the number of participants in general and specifically for the main event (over five thousand) and the prize money that was up for grabs. 2006 is shaping up to break a few more records.
The WSOP planners added more Holdem events, the most popular by far of the poker games played, and beefed up their accommodations to host what they anticipate to be around eight thousand participants for their main event.
The plan would be to break up the 8,000 into four groups and run four different first days of competition, similar to how it worked in 2005. The main event is scheduled for around two weeks, in order to allow enough time for all the eliminations to take place and get down to the final nine….
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Poker jargon:
- BIG SLICK - In Texas Hold'em, hole cards of A-K, suited or not.
- DRAW OUT - To catch a card that improves your situation from a losing hand to a winning hand, especially when you beat someone holding a hand that usually figures to win.
- LIVE [CARD] - In Stud, a card probably not held by other players.
- POCKET PAIR - Generic Hold'em term for 2 hole cards of the same rank.
- BUTTON CHARGE - A periodic fee paid by whoever is the button, perhaps every 20 minutes or 30 minutes. Constitutes part or all of the HOUSE CUT.
- TAPPED [OUT] - Out of money. Can refer to a player running out of money in the course of a hand, thus still active for the main pot; or can refer to a player who has lost his bankroll and can no longer play.
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