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 dictionary:
- STAND OFF - To call a raise. "Opener raises, I stand off".
- GOOD GAME - A game with players worse than you so that you can expect to win a lot of money.
- LIVE ONE - The best kind of opponent, a poor player with a lot of money to lose and in a hurry to lose it.
- PAT HAND - In draw poker, a hand that does not need any more cards. Specifically, a straight, flush, full house or straight flush. One might bluff and represent a pat hand but actually hold something else.
- GUT SHOT - A draw to an inside straight, as in 2-3-4-6.
- WHITE BLACKBIRD - A hand so astonishingly rare as to be unworthy of the opponents' consideration, e.g., being dealt a pat royal flush in 5-card draw.
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