World Poker Tour Inc Hits First Profitable Quarter
When Steve Lipscome formed WPT Enterprises, Inc, the parent company behind the hit poker series the World Poker Tour, he knew he would be facing the likelihood of operating without a profit. Now into their fourth season, the WPT has shown their first profitable quarter in the first quarter of this year. The company earned 17 cents a share, or $3.6 million…
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Useful poker information:
- BAD GAME - Any game in which you figure to be the loser, because the other players are better than you.
- CASE - The fourth card of a particular rank, as in "he folded the case 9" when describing where all the 9s were in a hand. Comes from the game of Faro where an employee of the house, called the "case keeper". kept track of the number of each rank of card remaining.
- TOKE - Gambling term for "tip", as in "Toke the cocktail waitress". Comes from the term "Token of appreciation".
- LOWBALL - Generic term for poker where the lowest hand wins.
- DEAD MONEY - Money contributed to the pot by players who have folded.
- 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.
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