Free Poker Tournament Pays for Tuition
Last year online poker room Absolute Poker offered a free poker tournament for college students, with the winner receiving a check that covered their college tuition; this year’s “Win Your Tuition” event promises to attract students in even greater numbers than last year’s success. The tournament, which is a popular Texas Hold’em event, is expected to draw over ten thousand players, all of whom are trying to qualify for the May 4th main event. The winner of the main event in May will win one semester’s tuition paid in full…
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Poker talk:
- FIXED LIMIT - A betting structure where the amount of each bet is a specific fixed quantity. Usually specified as A-B, where A is the amount to bet in the first few betting rounds and B (larger than A) is the amount bet in the later rounds. Related terms: FLAT LIMIT, NO LIMIT, POT LIMIT, SPREAD LIMIT.
- BLUFF - To make a bet or raise with a poor hand, in hope that the remaining active player(s) will fold.
- SHILL - A card room employee who plays with House money, and does not share in any of his (her) winnings or losses. Shills are used to facilitate starting games, and keeping them going. Compare: PROP.
- BET - To put money into the pot, pursuant to the rules of the game, thus maintaining a chance of winning the pot.
- MITES AND LICE - A hand consisting of two pair, threes over twos.
- TOURNAMENT - A highly structured game involving potentially dozens of tables where all participants pay an entry fee and obtain a fixed number of chips. Once a tournament has started, additional players may not enter. As the game progresses players bust out and are eliminated until only one winner remains.
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