Online Poker Players Want To Turn Pro
It seems that professional poker players are popping out of the woodwork these days, but in reality it is not as easy as many make it seem. There is the matter of travel fees, room and board, not to mention buy ins to poker tournaments that can exceed ten thousand dollars; for many a professional poker player it takes the right kind and amount of backing to even make an attempt at the poker big time. One online poker room is hoping to give a lucky player the chance to turn pro with an endorsement deal.
Pokerroom.com is running a promotional tournament that will end in a ten player head to head grab for an endorsement deal with PokerRoom.com…
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Poker lingo:
- OPEN-ENDED STRAIGHT - Four cards to a straight which can be completed by drawing a card at either end. E.g., 6-7-8-9 is an open-ended straight. Also: BOBTAIL STRAIGHT. Compare: INSIDE STRAIGHT.
- DOUBLE BELLY BUSTER - A two-way inside straight. E.g., 3-5-6-7-9.
- LEAK - To show one's hole cards (often unknowingly).
- MAIN POT - The main pot, as related to one or more side pots, when there are one or more all-in player(s). The main pot is the one in which all active players participate.
- PAY OFF - Calling a bet with little expectation of winning, unless the opponent is bluffing.
- SET - In Hold'em, three of a kind where two of the cards are hole cards.
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