WPT returning with a new look
It’s not on par with Leno replacing Carson, but the World Poker Tour has a new face.Gone is Shana Hiatt, brunette and former Playboy and Maxim model.In is Courtney Friel, blonde and an FHM model.”I never met Shana, but I know she was super charming and everyone loves her,” Friel said by phone from San Jose, Calif. last week. “I’m getting called the ‘New Shana.’ Hopefully when the shows start airing, people will recognize me for me.”Friel, who has worked for E! and Court TV as well as doing freel
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Useful poker terms:
- COMMUNITY CARDS - Cards that are available for every player to use in making a hand. Usually dealt face up somewhere in the middle of the table.
- LOOSE - Playing more hands than the norm. Antonym: TIGHT.
- 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.
- NO-LIMIT POKER - A game where there is no maximum bet; a player can wager any amount (perhaps above some minimum) up to whatever money is on the table in front of him.
- SEVENTH STREET - The seventh card dealt in 7-card stud.
- 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.
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