Stars Come Out to Shine at Borgata Winter Poker Open
Time has passed quickly over the last week and most of the major competition has arrived for the World Poker Tour championship at Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa. The biggest names in the game are on site and set to battle for a million dollar first-place prize — a sleek 2006 Cadillac Escalade and a $25,000 seat at the World Poker Tour championship in April.
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Poker glossary:
- DECLARE - In high/low games, declaring one's hand as high or low or both ways (usually done with chips in hand). Usually played in home games; casinos tend to play CARDS SPEAK.
- MIDDLE POSITION - Betting positions approximately halfway around the table from the first player to act.
- FOUR OF A KIND - A hand containing all four cards of the same rank.
- LEAK - To show one's hole cards (often unknowingly).
- POSSIBLE [STRAIGHT/FLUSH] - Up cards that quite possibly could lead to a straight and/or a flush.
- PAT HAND - In draw poker, a hand that does not need any more cards. Specifically, a straight, flush, full house or straight flush. One might bluff and represent a pat hand but actually hold something else.
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