2006 WSOP: Action Continues at 2006 WSOP
For the second of what will eventually be 27 days the tournament room at the Rio All-Suite Casino Hotel is running three or more tournaments at the same time as part of the 2006 World Series of Poker season. Arriving around 9am the WSOP tournament directors start the process of getting ready for the day, with new events kicking off at noon and continuing events resuming two hours later. Today it is the final day for Event 3 ($1,500 Pot Limit Hold ‘em), the second day of Event 4 ($1,500 Limit Hold ‘em), and the first day of Event 5 (short handed $1,500 No Limit Hold ‘em.) Two new bracelet winners are already enjoying the rewards of being a WSOP champion and the season is just getting started….
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Useful poker information:
- OPENERS - Cards in a hand that qualify a player to open the betting.
- BACK DOOR - Applies to a hand that was made in the last card or two, specifically not a hand the player was originally planning on having. Most often applied to straights and flushes.
- THIRD STREET - In Stud, the third card dealt to each player.
- SEAT POSITION - The actual seat a player has, normally numbered sequentially starting with 1 as the first seat to dealer's left. Not to be confused with POSITION in a particular pot. Typically unrelated to play of a hand but often important in peripheral aspects, e.g.: "Seats 1 and 10 are nonsmoking here", "Seat 5 has a good view of the table", "Seat 3 is in a high-traffic area".
- LIMIT POKER - A poker game wherein the amount to be bet is fixed, or at most variable within a prescribed minimum and maximum. Ant.: NO-LIMIT POKER.
- FILL - To draw a card that makes a five-card hand (straight, flush, full house, straight flush).
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