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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Poker lingo:
- FACE CARD - A jack, queen or king (a card with a face on it, not joker).
- BLANK - Used in describing stud and Hold'em games. Refers to a dealt card that does not offer any value; stating the actual rank and suit would detract from a description of the hand. "The last card was a blank.".
- RUSH - A winning streak. Also "ON A RUSH".
- SET - In Hold'em, three of a kind where two of the cards are hole cards.
- LIVE BLIND - The last and largest blind bet may or may not be LIVE. If LIVE, the blind bettor has the option of "raising" his own blind in the event the bet is called around to him. This is normal, and is sometimes referred to as "blinds are live".
- OFFSUIT - Not of the same suit. "I held A-Q offsuit" or "The flop was 10-6-2 offsuit". When speaking of 5 or more cards, not all/ of the same suit, i.e., no flush, as in "button had A-K-10-8-7 offsuit."
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