Another Heads-Up Champ to be Crowned at Canadian Open Poker Championship
Hot on the heels of NBC’s Heads-Up Poker Championship, the Canadian Open Poker Championship will crown a heads-up champ of its own in four days. The C$5,000 (about US$4,300) buy-in poker tournament started yesterday at the Stampede Casino in Calgary. No-Limit Texas Hold ‘em is the game of choice for the 128-person poker field. The top 16 players are slated to cash in the poker tournament.
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Poker jargon:
- 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.
- JOKER - A 53rd card in the deck, distinct from the others, used as a wild card or as a BUG.
- SIXTH STREET - The sixth card dealt in 7-card stud.
- BIG SLICK - In Texas Hold'em, hole cards of A-K, suited or not.
- ROLLED UP - In seven-card stud, being dealt three of a kind in the first three cards.
- BRODERICK CRAWFORD - In Hold'em, hole cards of 10-4. From the 1950s TV series "Highway Patrol", starring Broderick Crawford.
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