Tunica, Miss., plays host to dueling poker tournaments
With a tournament that attracted the likes of Ben Affleck last year, Tunica’s Gold Strike Casino in Mississippi is going head- to-head with neighboring Grand Casino as the hot venue for high dollar poker. Webster Franklin, president and CEO of the Tunica Convention and Visitors Bureau says that this January Tunica will be the center of the poker universe.
The tournament offers players-only buffets, plasma screen televisions and prize money, which this past year topped five (m) million dollars.
Gold Strike’s tournament will be featured on the popular Travel Channel program “World Poker Tour”…
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Poker terminology:
- ACTION - Money that is being bet. "NO ACTION" means a hand or game has few bettors and fewer raisers. "Gimme some action" is ostensibly a plea for calls and raises.
- WALK - A pot won by the last blind when no one opens.
- CARDS SPEAK - Winner(s) of the hand are determined by turning their cards face up, the best hand(s) wins (no declaration).
- PAY STATION - A player who rarely folds, thus who frequently calls better hands and loses. Almost as much fun as a LIVE ONE.
- NO-LIMIT POKER - A game where there is no maximum bet; a player can wager any amount (perhaps above some minimum) up to whatever money is on the table in front of him.
- SHILL - A card room employee who plays with House money, and does not share in any of his (her) winnings or losses. Shills are used to facilitate starting games, and keeping them going. Compare: PROP.
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