First Overseas Tournament for Women’s Poker Club

The Women’s Poker Club, started over three years ago, is the largest organized collection of women poker players around the world. It is free to join and open to women from every nation of and has recently seen an influx of players from the UK. In response to its popularity in the United Kingdom it will be hosting its first live overseas tournament, the WPC UK Showdown.

Held at the Grosvenor Casino on June 17, the WPC UK Showdown will be a No Limit Texas Hold ‘em event…

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Poker glossary:

TRIP - Three of a specific kind, as in "Trip sixes".
LATE BLIND - In addition to "regular" blinds, some games allow a player (particularly a new one) to post a blind bet in return for the right to enter the game immediately and act last on the first betting round. The amount of the blind is determined by house rules, usually somewhere between the last blind and double the last blind. It is frequently a LIVE BLIND.
OMAHA - A variant of Hold'em where each player receives 4 hole cards and must use exactly two of them (together with 3 of 5 board cards) to make a hand. Often played high-low split with an 8 qualifier for low.
HOLE CARDS - In Stud and Hold'em, the face-down cards dealt to each player.
DOUBLE BELLY BUSTER - A two-way inside straight. E.g., 3-5-6-7-9.
SHILL - A card room employee who plays with House money, and does not share in any of his (her) winnings or losses. Shills are used to facilitate starting games, and keeping them going. Compare: PROP.

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