Heads-Up Poker Championship Witnesses 2nd Second-Coming of Jesus

After three grueling days of match play against the likes of Freddy Deeb, Chip Reese, Josh Arieh, James McManus, and Sean Sheikhan, Chris "Jesus" Ferguson again fell just one game short of winning NBC’s Heads-Up Poker Championship. Runner-up to Phil Hellmuth in last year’s competition, Ferguson lost two out of three games to Ted Forrest in this year’s final championship match. With a specially-constructed grandstand full of excited poker fans cheering them on at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Forrest and Ferguson traded blows into the wee hours of the morning. Jesus drew first blood in game 1, but Forrest clawed back to win game 2, and delivered the knockout punch in game 3 of the poker match.

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Poker lingo:

• SPREAD LIMIT - A variation on fixed limit wherein the minimum and maximum bets are different. A 1-4-8 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds and 1-8 in the last round. A 1-4-8-16 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds, 1 to 8 in the next-to-last round, and 1 to 16 in the last round.
• OUT - [1] A card that will improve your hand, often substantially. A hand with many OUTS is preferable to a hand with only 1 or 2. [2] Folded, ineligible to bet or win this hand. "I'm out" is often a synonym for "I fold".
• CALLER - One who calls. Sometimes used collectively, as in "3 callers".
• FAVORITE - Before all the cards are dealt, a hand that figures to be the winner. Ant: UNDERDOG.
• INSIDE STRAIGHT - Four cards to a straight, where only one rank will complete the hand. E.g., 4-5-6-8 is an inside straight since only a 7 will fill (i.e., complete) the hand. Often called a GUT-SHOT. Compare: BOBTAIL STRAIGHT, OPEN-ENDED STRAIGHT.
• IN - Still eligible to win the pot. "I'm in" is often spoken as one adds chips to the pot, calling.