World Federation of Poker Unites Poker Players Under One Umbrella
The incomprehensible success of poker over the last few years, with its ubiquitousness on television, the skyrocketing sales of poker chips, poker tables, and other poker paraphernalia, as well as the widespread glorification of poker’s champions, has truly led the game to go mainstream. The one thing that seemed to be missing to officially crystallize poker’s sport status was an umbrella organization, like golf’s PGA, to act as an authoritative governing body over all the world’s players. The World Federation of Poker (WFP) aims to provide just that.
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Poker terminology:
- LOWBALL - Generic term for poker where the lowest hand wins.
- LITTLE SLICK - In Hold'em, hole cards of A-2, suited or not.
- SUITED - Two or more cards all the same suit. Ant: OFF-SUIT.
- STUCK - Down a nontrivial amount of money, as in "he's stuck $800".
- OFFSUIT - Not of the same suit. "I held A-Q offsuit" or "The flop was 10-6-2 offsuit". When speaking of 5 or more cards, not all/ of the same suit, i.e., no flush, as in "button had A-K-10-8-7 offsuit."
- 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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