Records falling as players seek fortune, fame

LAS VEGAS - The lure of untold riches has attracted record numbers to the World Series of Poker.The first three events drew records in entries (5,110), prize pools ($5,847,870) and payouts (to 477 players). The tournament is being played in the convention center at the Rio Casino-Hotel on Flamingo, a couple blocks off the Strip.The tournament runs through Aug. 10, with the $10,000 championship event starting July 28. The over-under number for number of entries for that tournament is 8,000, and o

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Poker jargon:

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".
POCKET PAIR - Generic Hold'em term for 2 hole cards of the same rank.
FIFTH STREET - In stud poker, the fifth card to be dealt to each player. Sometimes used to refer to the last card dealt in Hold'em, although the more common term for this is RIVER (q.v.).
MANIAC - A player who bets, raises and reraises without regard to the quality of his hand. Most often found in flop games.
PAY STATION - A player who rarely folds, thus who frequently calls better hands and loses. Almost as much fun as a LIVE ONE.
TRIPS - Three of a kind. In Hold'em the term SET is used when two of the three cards are hole cards.

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