World Poker Tour To Dock at Mandalay Bay

The fifth season of the World Poker Tour (WPT) will feature a stop at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. The hugely successful WPT will most likely give away more than $250 million in prize money in this, its fifth season. Mandalay Bay, one of the larger hotels on the Las Vegas Strip, with 3,644 rooms, houses a poker room that contains 10 tables which run 24 hours a day.

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Poker talk:

• OVER - A term used in describing two pair or a full house. "Kings over tens" means two pair, kings and tens. "Jacks over", also "Jacks up" describes a hand that is two pair: Jacks with an unspecified lower pair. Also used to describe a full house, distinguishing the three of a kind from the pair. The hand J-J-J-A-A could be described as "Full house, Jacks over Aces".
• ANTE - A small bet all players are required to make before a hand is dealt. Not all games have an ante. Related terms: BLIND, FORCED BET.
• SPLIT [THE POT] - To split the pot between two or more players. Related term: QUARTER.
• LOCK - A hand that cannot be beat under any circumstances. Also: NUTS.
• 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.
• FLAT CALL - To call a bet. Emphasizes that the caller did not raise.