Tournament ringmaster
When the fourth World Poker Tour Championship begins today at the Bellagio, the man running the show will be longtime Las Vegas resident Jack McClelland, who practically defined the job of modern tournament director and has remained at the top of his game as poker’s popularity has boomed.In his 31 years in the business, including 17 as the world’s leading poker tournament director, McClelland has accomplished the improbable in earning nearly unanimous respect from poker players - a notoriously i
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Poker talk:
- HIT - To make a hand or catch a card or cards that improves one's hand. "I hit a gut-shot draw on the river."
- LOCK - A hand that cannot be beat under any circumstances. Also: NUTS.
- STEAM - Playing wildly, calling and raising a lot, because one is upset. Compare: ON TILT.
- FACE CARD - A jack, queen or king (a card with a face on it, not joker).
- MISDEAL - A hand dealt incorrectly that must be re-dealt.
- ANTE - A small bet all players are required to make before a hand is dealt. Not all games have an ante. Related terms: BLIND, FORCED BET.
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