Tunica Is Poker Town For Ten Days
Tunica, Mississippi is hosting two separate poker events from the two biggest names in poker tournaments, the World Poker Tour and the World Series of Poker, in the very near future. Starting Thursday, January 19th, the Gold Strike World Poker Opens ten grand main event will begin, part of the World Poker Tour. The Gold Strike has been in full swing since January 9th, but poker enthusiasts were already in place by then, participating as early as January 5th in the Jack Binion World Series of Poker Circuit.
The Jack Binion event kicked off at the Grand Casino Tunica and will run through the 23rd, culminating in a ten grand event of its own with the no limit Texas Holdem show on January 24th…
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Poker terminology:
- PROP - Also PROPOSITION PLAYER. An employee of the gaming establishment whose primary purpose is to keep enough players at a table to prevent breaking up the game for lack of players. Unlike SHILLs "props" make a small hourly wage but play with their own money, winning or losing based on their skill.
- TIGHT - [1] A style of play that entails playing fewer hands than average. Antonym: LOOSE. [2] A FULL HOUSE.
- LIVE BLIND - The last and largest blind bet may or may not be LIVE. If LIVE, the blind bettor has the option of "raising" his own blind in the event the bet is called around to him. This is normal, and is sometimes referred to as "blinds are live".
- IMPLIED ODDS - A refinement to POT ODDS which includes money not yet in the pot. Considers the potential extra bets and winnings made when a player forms a very good hand.
- PAT - Holding or being dealt a pat hand. "I'm pat" would mean "I don't want to draw any cards.
- FREE CARD - A card dealt after all players checked in a betting round.
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