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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Casino poker language:

• SCOOP - To take all of a pot that is normally split, either by winning both halves outright or winning one half when no players qualify for the other half.
• OVER - A term used in describing two pair or a full house. "Kings over tens" means two pair, kings and tens. "Jacks over", also "Jacks up" describes a hand that is two pair: Jacks with an unspecified lower pair. Also used to describe a full house, distinguishing the three of a kind from the pair. The hand J-J-J-A-A could be described as "Full house, Jacks over Aces".
• FREEROLL - [1] A poker tournament that does not charge a buy-in fee; players must earn buy-in credits through previous play at the same establishment. [2] Having a lock on part of a pot (sure to win a greater fraction of the pot than one is betting) and playing to win more or all of it.
• KICKER - In hands containing pairs and trips, the highest card not matched. In draw games, sometimes a card kept for deception purposes.
• IMPLIED ODDS - A refinement to POT ODDS which includes money not yet in the pot. Considers the potential extra bets and winnings made when a player forms a very good hand.
• HIT - To make a hand or catch a card or cards that improves one's hand. "I hit a gut-shot draw on the river."