New Tournament Director For The World Series Of Poker
The World Series of Poker, owned and operated by the largest casino operator in the world, Harrahs Entertainment, has named Robert Daily as the Tournament Director for the 2006 WSOP. Daily has been the poker room manager at the Rio All- Suites Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, and will now be moving up to one of the most prestigious jobs in the poker industry.
The 2006 WSOP events kick off on June 25 and run though August 10 at the Amazon Room of the Rio Pavilion Convention Center, where Daily will be running the show as the third Tournament Director in as many years.
The 62-year-old, newly announced Director mentioned that his time spent as a contract pilot for Air America, the airline run by the CIA during the Vietnam War, has given him skills that translate to poker.. …
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- STEAM - Playing wildly, calling and raising a lot, because one is upset. Compare: ON TILT.
- BLUFF - To make a bet or raise with a poor hand, in hope that the remaining active player(s) will fold.
- TOP PAIR - In flop games, having a hole card that matches the highest card on the board.
- LEAK - To show one's hole cards (often unknowingly).
- STUD - Any of several poker games in which some of each players' cards are exposed.
- BAD-BEAT JACKPOT - In some cardrooms, a prize that is shared by the players in a game, when a very good hand (usually Aces full, or better) is beaten by a higher hand. Jackpots are usually financed by taking a drop ($1 is a common amount) from every pot. A typical division of the jackpot will give the losing hand 50 %, the winning hand 25 %, and the other players at the table share the remaining 25 % of the Jackpot.
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