Travel Channel Packs Up Lawsuit Against WPT, Set to Air Professional Poker Tour

WPT Enterprises and the Travel Channel have released a joint statement declaring an "amicable" end to the lawsuit between them. The companies can now pair up again, bringing television viewers the long-awaited premiere of the Professional Poker Tour (PPT). The PPT, as opposed to the much-watched World Poker Tour (WPT), brings together 200 top poker players by invitation only, to battle it out around the poker table.

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DEAD MAN'S HAND - Generically: two pair, aces and eights. Specifically: the black aces, black eights and nine of diamonds. The hand Wild Bill Hickok was holding when he was shot to death.
RAGS - Board cards that are small, not suited and not in sequence, e.g., 9-5-2. When "rags flop", it is unlikely that anyone has a good hand, except possibly the big blind in an unraised pot.
CAP - To cap the betting is to make the last permitted raise in a round.
TIGHT - [1] A style of play that entails playing fewer hands than average. Antonym: LOOSE. [2] A FULL HOUSE.
FIXED LIMIT - A betting structure where the amount of each bet is a specific fixed quantity. Usually specified as A-B, where A is the amount to bet in the first few betting rounds and B (larger than A) is the amount bet in the later rounds. Related terms: FLAT LIMIT, NO LIMIT, POT LIMIT, SPREAD LIMIT.
REPRESENT - Implying, by one's betting style, that one has a particular hand.

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