WPT And The Travel Channel Reach Agreement on Professional Poker Tour

LOS ANGELES, CA — (PRESS RELEASE) — WPT Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ:WPTE) and the Travel Channel entered into an agreement to air WPTE’s highly anticipated PROFESSIONAL POKER TOUR (PPT) television series. The PPT features a series of invitation-only tournaments that are limited to the highest-ranked players in the world. The PPT is expected to begin airing in the 3rd quarter of 2006 on Wednesday nights from 9-11 PM ET/PT, following the completion of Season Four of the WORLD POKER TOUR®.After fi

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Poker jargon:

SHARK - A good/crafty player often posing as a fish early in the game.
ALL-IN - To have all of one's chips in the pot. A player who is all-in cannot be forced out of the pot by more betting, but is only eligible to win that portion of the pot he has contributed to. Generally, a SIDE POT is created each time a player is all-in.
HIT - To make a hand or catch a card or cards that improves one's hand. "I hit a gut-shot draw on the river."
RUSH - A winning streak. Also "ON A RUSH".
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.
TOP PAIR - In flop games, having a hole card that matches the highest card on the board.

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