Weekend Online Poker Tournament Pays Big

The hard hitting high rollers, as well as the dreamers, are pounding the halls of the Rio All-Suite Hotel Casino for the next few weeks as they all take shots at the big time during the 2006 World Series of Poker. Some players, however, are taking a shot at the big time from the comfort of their homes by playing online. At online poker rooms like Poker Stars Million Dollar prize pools are drawing in the players, such as a recent event where the winner took home nearly $150 grand…

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Tue, July 4th, 2006

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  • 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.
  • DRAWING DEAD - A draw in which it is impossible to obtain a winning hand for any of a variety of reasons: an opponent's hand is better than whatever you are drawing to, the card(s) that make your hand are out of play, or (in Hold'em) give an opponent a stronger hand even if it makes yours. Frequently used in the past tense, since one rarely knows it at the time.
  • FLAT CALL - To call a bet. Emphasizes that the caller did not raise.
  • SET - In Hold'em, three of a kind where two of the cards are hole cards.
  • TRIPS - Three of a kind. In Hold'em the term SET is used when two of the three cards are hole cards.
  • UNDER THE GUN - The position that has to act first in a round of betting.
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