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 lexicon:
- DRAW OUT - To catch a card that improves your situation from a losing hand to a winning hand, especially when you beat someone holding a hand that usually figures to win.
- THIRD STREET - In Stud, the third card dealt to each player.
- 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.
- OPEN-ENDED STRAIGHT - Four cards to a straight which can be completed by drawing a card at either end. E.g., 6-7-8-9 is an open-ended straight. Also: BOBTAIL STRAIGHT. Compare: INSIDE STRAIGHT.
- STRAIGHT FLUSH - A hand consisting of 5 cards in sequence and the same suit.
- WHITE BLACKBIRD - A hand so astonishingly rare as to be unworthy of the opponents' consideration, e.g., being dealt a pat royal flush in 5-card draw.
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