From the 2006 World Series of Poker — Starting This Week
The World Series of Poker began this week at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Vegas. Since its explosion after the 2003 World Series, poker and events like this have become a celebrity affair on the scale of the major Hollywood award shows. Actors, athletes, and most importantly the pros have descended on the Rio for 45 poker tournaments and a chance to win their share of the millions of
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Poker talk:
- FISH - A player who loses money. An old saying is "If you can't spot the fish at the table, *you* are the fish.".
- CHASE - To continue in a hand, often at poor odds, in the hopes of catching a much better hand. "He called, chasing the flush.".
- EXPECTATION - The long-run [dis-]advantage of a given situation, specifically without reference to any particular outcome. I.e., what you figure to win [lose] on average after a large number of repetitions of the same situation.
- DOUBLE BELLY BUSTER - A two-way inside straight. E.g., 3-5-6-7-9.
- DOYLE BRUNSON - In Hold'em, 10-2 in the hole. So named because Doyle Brunson won two straight WSOPs (q.v.) in 1975 and 1976 with 10-2 on the last hand. (Suited (spades) in 1975, unsuited in 1976).
- STUCK - Down a nontrivial amount of money, as in "he's stuck $800".
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