Chuck Blount: It’s time again for World Series of Poker
The 2006 World Series of Poker takes center stage next week in Las Vegas, as the world’s best players will transform the Rio into their secondary home for the next six weeks.
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Poker dictionary:
- FIRE - To make the first bet in a betting round. Used to emphasize that the player bet when a check was possible, showing strength.
- MILES OF BAD ROAD - Three of a kind. Prefixed with a number, 3*<N>, to indicate 3 <N>s. Thus "24 miles of bad road" is 3 eights, etc. (This obviously doesn't work for face cards.)
- REPRESENT - Implying, by one's betting style, that one has a particular hand.
- STRAIGHT - A hand consisting of 5 cards in sequence but not in suit.
- BIG BLIND - A blind bet, usually a raise of an earlier blind which would be called the SMALL BLIND. In limit poker, the BIG BLIND is usually the size of the minimum bet on the first round of betting.
- TAP - In no-limit games, to wager all of one's money in one bet.
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