2006 WSOP: Norman Chad’s WSOP Column Misleading

As published online at www.thestate.com, Norman Chad, co-host of the World Series of Poker TV show as broadcast on ESPN, discusses the phenomenon that is the WSOP and the focus on amateurs ruling the event over the last few years. He cites the last three champions of the WSOP as Chris Moneymaker, an accountant, Greg Raymer, a former patent attorney, and Joe Hachem, an ex-chiropractor. He lists only their profession outside of the world of poker as if to say that they had no poker pedigree, as it were, for winning the WSOP…

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• DEAD MONEY - Money contributed to the pot by players who have folded.
• LIVE BLIND - The last and largest blind bet may or may not be LIVE. If LIVE, the blind bettor has the option of "raising" his own blind in the event the bet is called around to him. This is normal, and is sometimes referred to as "blinds are live".
• 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.
• POCKET ROCKETS - In Hold'em, a pair of aces for hole cards.
• TAP - In no-limit games, to wager all of one's money in one bet.
• OVER - A term used in describing two pair or a full house. "Kings over tens" means two pair, kings and tens. "Jacks over", also "Jacks up" describes a hand that is two pair: Jacks with an unspecified lower pair. Also used to describe a full house, distinguishing the three of a kind from the pair. The hand J-J-J-A-A could be described as "Full house, Jacks over Aces".