2006 WSOP: Shorthanded WSOP Event Ends Today
The second shorthanded No-Limit Texas Holdem event of this year’s World Series of Poker wraps up today. The shorthanded games mean there are only six players at each table, which can require some massive shifts in poker strategy when playing a No-Limit game. Phil Gordon was an early favorite to take the whole game, but only managed to hold on to sixteenth place, earning just over $14,000 for his $2,500 investment…
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Useful poker terms:
- MITES AND LICE - A hand consisting of two pair, threes over twos.
- BIG BLIND - A blind bet, usually a raise of an earlier blind which would be called the SMALL BLIND. In limit poker, the BIG BLIND is usually the size of the minimum bet on the first round of betting.
- CAP - To cap the betting is to make the last permitted raise in a round.
- STACKED [DECK] - A deck that has been arranged to give one player a huge advantage. Also: RIGGED.
- NUT / NUTS - The best possible hand of a given class. Not a LOCK unless all cards have been dealt. The "nut flush" is the highest possible flush, but might still lose to, e.g., a full house. Usually used in Hold'em games.
- POCKET ROCKETS - In Hold'em, a pair of aces for hole cards.
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