Pro Poker Tour Finds Home With Travel Channel
It was touch and go for a while. The creators of the World Poker Tour, who have a relationship with broadcaster The Travel Channel, had created a new kind of poker event, called the Professional Poker Tour, and had high hopes for placing it with their broadcast partners as another TV program. Instead, what the World Poker Tour got was a bit of legal hassle…
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Poker glossary:
- TURN - The fourth community card in Hold'em.
- RUNNER-RUNNER - A hand made using both of the last two cards dealt.
- HOLE CARDS - In Stud and Hold'em, the face-down cards dealt to each player.
- LOOSE - Playing more hands than the norm. Antonym: TIGHT.
- RAKE - Money taken from each pot and given to the house in return for hosting the game. Usually a percentage of the pot (5%-10%) up to some maximum amount.
- BET FOR VALUE - Betting a hand that, in the long run, is expected to win more than it loses. Antonym: BLUFF.
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