Man Wins Record WPT Prize

CALIFORNIA (PRESS RELEASE) — World Poker Tour Record Prize of $2.4 Million U.S. won by Allan Goehring at the Commerce Casino.This is by far the biggest first place prize to date for any regular event on the World Poker Tour. A record field of 692 players,each posting an entry fee of $10,000 U.S. created a prize pool of almost $7 Million U.S. Dollars. Proof positive that poker is on a very big runaway upswing, with prize money growing feverishly faster on the World Poker Tour than it ever did

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DRAW - [1] A class of poker games characterized by players being dealt 5 cards face-down and later having the opportunity to replace some of the original 5. "Draw poker" and "Five-card draw" are examples of usage. [2] In stud and Hold'em games, the set of cards that will be dealt later can be collectively called "the draw". [3] To discard some number of cards and have dealt an equal number of replacements.
SHORT-STACKED - Playing with a only a small amount of money, thus limiting one's risk and reward.
WIRED [PAIR] - A pair in the hole. In 5-card stud, a door card that pairs the hole card.
QUALIFIER - A minimum standard that a hand must meet in order to win. Usually applied to the lowball side of a high-low split pot.
FOURTH STREET - In stud poker, the fourth card dealt to each player. Sometimes used to refer to the fourth community card dealt in Hold'em, although the more common term for this is TURN (q.v.).
TO GO - The current betting level, as in "$20 to go" meaning every player must contribute $20 (total) or drop. A $10 raise would then make the pot "$30 to go".

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