Inside the Poker Tour - 33 - From Bellagio
What an interesting event this was. 555 runners from all over the world put up 15,300 dollars and we were off and running at the 5 Diamond Poker Classic at Bellagio.
For me, just back from Europe, that extra 5,000 seemed like too much and I was going to pass until the last day when I realized that over 400 people had already signed up…
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Poker lexicon:
- WHITE BLACKBIRD - A hand so astonishingly rare as to be unworthy of the opponents' consideration, e.g., being dealt a pat royal flush in 5-card draw.
- BIG BLIND - A blind bet, usually a raise of an earlier blind which would be called the SMALL BLIND. In limit poker, the BIG BLIND is usually the size of the minimum bet on the first round of betting.
- 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.
- GUT SHOT - A draw to an inside straight, as in 2-3-4-6.
- TIGHT - [1] A style of play that entails playing fewer hands than average. Antonym: LOOSE. [2] A FULL HOUSE.
- EXPECTATION - The long-run [dis-]advantage of a given situation, specifically without reference to any particular outcome. I.e., what you figure to win [lose] on average after a large number of repetitions of the same situation.
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