The Venetian opens exquisite 10,500 square-foot poker room
The Venetian Hotel and Casino Resort opened it’s new 10,500 square-foot poker room on Sunday with an inaugural poker tournament attracting many professional poker players, including former WSoP champions Johnny Chan (1989) and Doyle Brunson (1976 & 1977). With almost 300 players showing up for the event, the grand opening was a huge success and promises a bright future for the new poker room.
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Useful poker information:
- FLOP - [1] In Hold'em, the first three community cards, dealt simultaneously. [2] To deal a flop, or to make a hand on a flop. "I flopped trips".
- 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.
- BUTTON CHARGE - A periodic fee paid by whoever is the button, perhaps every 20 minutes or 30 minutes. Constitutes part or all of the HOUSE CUT.
- LAY ODDS - To give favorable odds to an opponent.
- PROP - Also PROPOSITION PLAYER. An employee of the gaming establishment whose primary purpose is to keep enough players at a table to prevent breaking up the game for lack of players. Unlike SHILLs "props" make a small hourly wage but play with their own money, winning or losing based on their skill.
- POT ODDS - The amount of money in the pot divided by the amount of money you must bet in order to call. Often used to determine if a pot offers enough reward to play on the come.

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