Day 1 at the World Series of Poker
DAY: 1 BIG NEWS: The world’s biggest poker tournament kicked off with 8,580 registered players, easily topping last year’s 5,619, and pushing the top prize to $11.7 million. The 12 final players will win at least $1 million. More players can still enter for a $10,000 seat until Monday. STUD OF THE DAY: “Saturday Night Live” star Norm MacDonald’s pocket aces failed him when Australian pro Mark
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Useful poker information:
- MANIAC - A player who bets, raises and reraises without regard to the quality of his hand. Most often found in flop games.
- HOYLE - Edmund Hoyle (1769-?) was the authoritative source for rules of card games. Hoyle is to card rules as Webster is to word definitions.
- STRAIGHT FLUSH - A hand consisting of 5 cards in sequence and the same suit.
- POT LIMIT - A game where the maximum bet is determined by the size of the pot at the time. Note that a player wanting to raise first calls the bet, then totals the pot to determine the maximum amount he can raise.
- OFFSUIT - Not of the same suit. "I held A-Q offsuit" or "The flop was 10-6-2 offsuit". When speaking of 5 or more cards, not all/ of the same suit, i.e., no flush, as in "button had A-K-10-8-7 offsuit."
- BOARD - The exposed cards in Hold'em and stud. Also BOARD CARDS.
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