Professional Poker Players Join WPA
Perhaps this is the first step to getting poker recognized as a legitimate sport. With the formation of the World Poker Association, a not for profit outfit that seeks to fulfill the role that the NFL does for football and the PGA does for golf. The WPA was officially launched at this week, with a number of professional poker players joining ranks and representing the organization…
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Useful poker information:
- POSITION - One's location in the betting sequence, relative to the players still in the hand. First position is first to act.
- TIGHT - [1] A style of play that entails playing fewer hands than average. Antonym: LOOSE. [2] A FULL HOUSE.
- SET - In Hold'em, three of a kind where two of the cards are hole cards.
- KICKER - In hands containing pairs and trips, the highest card not matched. In draw games, sometimes a card kept for deception purposes.
- MANIAC - A player who bets, raises and reraises without regard to the quality of his hand. Most often found in flop games.
- OPENER - The player who opens the betting, especially in draw poker. A hand may have no openers, in which case it is PASSED OUT, i.e., new hands are dealt.
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