WPT says online gaming rev could overtake TV show
LOS ANGELES, Feb 14 (Reuters) - WPT Enterprises Inc. (WPTE.O: Quote, Profile, Research), which created the TV show World Poker Tour and operates a gaming Web site, said its online gaming business could eventually overtake its TV show as its top revenue generator, its chief executive said on Tuesday.Steve Lipscomb said at the Reuters Hotels and Casinos Summit held in Los Angeles that WPTOnline, launched last year, is a fast-growing division but is unlikely to overtake the revenues generated by it
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Useful poker information:
- STRAIGHT - A hand consisting of 5 cards in sequence but not in suit.
- MILES OF BAD ROAD - Three of a kind. Prefixed with a number, 3*<N>, to indicate 3 <N>s. Thus "24 miles of bad road" is 3 eights, etc. (This obviously doesn't work for face cards.)
- ONE-EYED - The jack of hearts, jack of spades or king of diamonds. So named because the characters are drawn in profile, thus showing only one eye.
- EXPECTATION - The long-run [dis-]advantage of a given situation, specifically without reference to any particular outcome. I.e., what you figure to win [lose] on average after a large number of repetitions of the same situation.
- DOUBLE BELLY BUSTER - A two-way inside straight. E.g., 3-5-6-7-9.
- OPEN - Make the first bet in a hand, especially in draw poker.

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