Harvard Student Wins Free Seat At World Series Of Poker
For those of you who think the world is an unfair place where money goes to money and those in need never get a break from Dame Fortune, you’re absolutely right! A Harvard student, whose parents shell out six figures a year to keep him ensconsed in the ultimate ivory tower of education, has just won a free seat at this year’s $10,000 World Series Of Poker Main Event at an online poker room…
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Poker dictionary:
- OVERCALL - To call a bet after one or more players already called.
- FLOP GAME - Any of a number of poker games where a flop is dealt.
- 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.
- RAINBOW - In flop games, a flop in which no two cards are of the same suit. "The flop was A 9 7 rainbow."
- STEAM - Playing wildly, calling and raising a lot, because one is upset. Compare: ON TILT.
- COMPUTER HAND - Texas Hold'em hole cards of Q-7 offsuit. More generically, any hand that computer analysis/simulation determines is positive but turns out to be difficult to play in practice.
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