Ten-time winner Phil Hellmuth knocked out of World Series of Poker early
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Phil Hellmuth made his traditional grand entrance into the main event - late, of course, and with lots of fanfare. Not long after sitting down, the 10-time winner at the World Series of Poker was already gone.
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Poker slang:
- GUT SHOT - A draw to an inside straight, as in 2-3-4-6.
- BAD GAME - Any game in which you figure to be the loser, because the other players are better than you.
- TRIP - Three of a specific kind, as in "Trip sixes".
- STRING BET - An unethical and often illegal means of raising whereby a player puts a call-size stack of chips into the pot and, after observing the reactions of the players, then goes back to his stack and puts out more, thus raising.
- WIRED [PAIR] - A pair in the hole. In 5-card stud, a door card that pairs the hole card.
- DRAWING DEAD - A draw in which it is impossible to obtain a winning hand for any of a variety of reasons: an opponent's hand is better than whatever you are drawing to, the card(s) that make your hand are out of play, or (in Hold'em) give an opponent a stronger hand even if it makes yours. Frequently used in the past tense, since one rarely knows it at the time.
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