WSOP Updates - Main Event, Day One ‘A’ Begins
The excitement in the air of the Rio Convention Center was palpable today among the thousands who came to play or watch in the first day of the 2006 Main Event.
Related Poker News:
- WSOP Updates, $10,000 Main Event, Day 1a – Tinten Olivier Leads
- WSOP Updates – ‘Extra Events’ provide light atmosphere - and a Bracelet
- WSOP Updates, $10,000 Main Event, Day 4 – Dag Martin Mikkelson Returns to Lead
- WSOP Updates, $10,000 Main Event, Day 1c – Norman, Barnard, Olson Top 200,000 Chips
- 2007 WSOP Updates - Event #3 – Alex Jacob Dominates, Leads Way to Final Table
- WSOP Updates - The Spotlights Have All Been Extinguished
- WSOP Updates, $10,000 Main Event, Day 6 – Philip Hilm on Top as Final Table Set
- WSOP Updates: Day Five of the Main Event is a Sprint.
- WSOP Updates, $10,000 Main Event, Day 2a – Jeff Banghart Atop Leader Board
- WSOP Updates, $10,000 Main Event, Day 1d – Josh Evans Leads Fourth Opening Day
- 2007 WSOP Updates - Event #3 – O’Leary Overcomes Jacob for Title
- WSOP Updates - Lessons From Our Spotlight Players
Poker dictionary:
- FAVORITE - Before all the cards are dealt, a hand that figures to be the winner. Ant: UNDERDOG.
- OMAHA - A variant of Hold'em where each player receives 4 hole cards and must use exactly two of them (together with 3 of 5 board cards) to make a hand. Often played high-low split with an 8 qualifier for low.
- TOKE - Gambling term for "tip", as in "Toke the cocktail waitress". Comes from the term "Token of appreciation".
- LAY ODDS - To give favorable odds to an opponent.
- SIXTH STREET - The sixth card dealt in 7-card stud.
- 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.
RSS feed
