Final TV Table Set for PokerStars WPT Event
The first big poker event of 2006 is set to conclude Tuesday, January 10, as the final television table has been determined for the World Poker Tour’s (WPT) PokerStars Caribbean Poker Adventure at the Atlantis casino and resort in the Bahamas.
The $7,800 event was widely anticipated in internet circles, as its namesake, PokerStars, awarded many seats to online players. So, unlike many WPT events, the field of 724 players was a healthy mix of seasoned pros and internet rounders…
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Poker glossary:
- TOP PAIR - In flop games, having a hole card that matches the highest card on the board.
- POSITION - One's location in the betting sequence, relative to the players still in the hand. First position is first to act.
- DEAD MAN'S HAND - Generically: two pair, aces and eights. Specifically: the black aces, black eights and nine of diamonds. The hand Wild Bill Hickok was holding when he was shot to death.
- LOCK - A hand that cannot be beat under any circumstances. Also: NUTS.
- TRIPS - Three of a kind. In Hold'em the term SET is used when two of the three cards are hole cards.
- BUTTON - A distinctive token held by the player sitting in the theoretical dealer's position, when a house dealer is used. The button rotates around the table so that every player has an opportunity to be the last to act. Also, "THE BUTTON" can refer to the player who currently has the button. ("I was the button and called the blind".) Synonyms: BUCK, PUCK.
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