Mad Genius of Poker Visits Ireland
US poker legend Mike Caro, the Mad Genius of poker to speak at Trinity College, Dublin and play in paddypowerpoker.com Irish Open 2006. [PRWEB Mar 30, 2006]
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Useful poker information:
- WORLD SERIES OF POKER - A series of several different poker games with relatively large buy-ins, culminating in a $10,000 buy-in no-limit Hold'em tournament, the winner of which is crowned the World Poker Champion. Sponsored by Binion's Horseshoe Club in Las Vegas.
- TABLE STAKES - A standard rule whereby during a hand players can only bet the money they have on the table. If the bet to a player is more than the player's stack, that player may call with all his chips and be eligible to win only that portion of the pot he contributed to equally. A side pot is created, for which only the remaining players may compete.
- BET - To put money into the pot, pursuant to the rules of the game, thus maintaining a chance of winning the pot.
- 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".
- CUT - To break the deck into 2 stacks of at least 5 cards each. Usually performed by the player to the dealer's right to insure that the the deck is not stacked.
- ON TILT - Playing worse (usually, more aggressively) than usual because a player has become emotionally upset.

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