Top Value and Few Players Characterize PokerListings.com & Titan Pokers $32,000 WPT Freeroll
Leading Internet poker resource PokerListings.com (pokerlistings.com) has announced that just 16 players have qualified to compete in an exclusive $32,000 World Poker Tour (WPT) Freeroll being hosted in conjunction with online poker room Titan Poker (titanpoker.com) in March, 2006. It has also been revealed that Titan Poker has lowered the qualification guidelines in order to allow more players
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Poker terminology:
- TRIP - Three of a specific kind, as in "Trip sixes".
- 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.
- BEE No. 92 (TM) - Trade name for the "diamond back" cards frequently used in casino games. Compare: RIDER BACK.
- BLUFF - To make a bet or raise with a poor hand, in hope that the remaining active player(s) will fold.
- TELL - Any personal mannerisms that reveal the quality of one's hand. E.g., constantly looking at one's hole cards is often a tell of a poor hand. (Some players, knowing this, will at times check their hole cards when they have a great hand and don't need to look.)
- 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.
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