Poker Costume Antics Continue
The Internet radio show, The Circuit, boasts two world-class poker players as its hosts. Canadian poker star Gavin Smith is one, along with poker pro Joe Sebok, son of “the Robin Hood of poker” Barry Greenstein. In addition to discussing all things poker from the perspective of being professionals in the field, the two like to have a lot of fun dating each other especially the big arenas such as the World Series of Poker…
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Poker dictionary:
- WORLD SERIES OF POKER - A series of several different poker games with relatively large buy-ins, culminating in a $10,000 buy-in no-limit Hold'em tournament, the winner of which is crowned the World Poker Champion. Sponsored by Binion's Horseshoe Club in Las Vegas.
- BET - To put money into the pot, pursuant to the rules of the game, thus maintaining a chance of winning the pot.
- BIG BLIND - A blind bet, usually a raise of an earlier blind which would be called the SMALL BLIND. In limit poker, the BIG BLIND is usually the size of the minimum bet on the first round of betting.
- TAPPED [OUT] - Out of money. Can refer to a player running out of money in the course of a hand, thus still active for the main pot; or can refer to a player who has lost his bankroll and can no longer play.
- QUARTER - [1] Twenty-five dollars, often symbolized by a green casino chip. [2] To divide half a pot between two tying hands. In split pot games, a player who "ties" another player for their half of the pot is said to be "quartered". One might say "I didn't bet my A-2 because I figured I'd get quartered".
- RAISE - To wager more than the minimum required to call, forcing other players to put in more money as well.
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