2006 WSOP: Second Pot-Limit Holdem Event at WSOP
To most casual poker players, or those who find their poker fix mostly through Celebrity Poker Showdown, the game of Texas Holdem is all No-Limit. They may be surprised that not only are there other versions of the game (Limit and Pot-Limit) but that they are played for big money at the World Series of Poker. One such game, Event 18, is the $2,000 Pot-Limit Texas Holdem event, which begins today at noon…
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Poker lingo:
- 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).
- HOOK - A Jack. So named because the "J" resembles a hook.
- RING GAME - A standard game where players can come and go as they choose. The opposite of TOURNAMENT.
- SHILL - A card room employee who plays with House money, and does not share in any of his (her) winnings or losses. Shills are used to facilitate starting games, and keeping them going. Compare: PROP.
- UNDER THE GUN - The position that has to act first in a round of betting.
- CASE - The fourth card of a particular rank, as in "he folded the case 9" when describing where all the 9s were in a hand. Comes from the game of Faro where an employee of the house, called the "case keeper". kept track of the number of each rank of card remaining.
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