2006 WSOP: WSOP Shootout Event Starts Today
The Shootout events are always looked forward to during the World Series of Poker, as they offer a break from the standard multi-table freezeout format most often used here. Normally a tournament continues uninterrupted as poker players bust out, with periodic reshuffling of players to new tables to keep them full. In a shootout, such as the one that beings today with Event 25, each table will have a winner, and then those winners will be reseated at new tables…
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Poker glossary:
- SCOOP - To take all of a pot that is normally split, either by winning both halves outright or winning one half when no players qualify for the other half.
- RUNNER-RUNNER - A hand made using both of the last two cards dealt.
- AMERICAN AIRLINES - In Hold'em, a pair of Aces in the hole. Better known (at least in rec.gambling) as POCKET ROCKETS.
- COLD CALL - Calling both a bet and raise at the same time, as opposed to calling a bet then later calling a raise made after the call.
- ON THE COME - A situation where the player does not have a complete hand but hopes to make one if the right cards come up.
- CUT - To break the deck into 2 stacks of at least 5 cards each. Usually performed by the player to the dealer's right to insure that the the deck is not stacked.
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