2006 WSOP: What Will Become of the New WSOP Poker Pros
Every year fans tune in to the ESPN broadcast of the World Series of Poker, or purchase a plane ticket and fly to Las Vegas to be in the mix themselves. They love to watch their favorite poker professionals battle it out on the felt to try and prove their supremacy of the game of poker, not to mention taking up huge cash prizes. In addition to the pros every year, a new spate of amateurs are thrust into the spotlight when they beat huge fields of players and pick up the coveted World Series of Poker bracelets…
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Poker lingo:
- STRAIGHT FLUSH - A hand consisting of 5 cards in sequence and the same suit.
- 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.
- LIVE ONE - The best kind of opponent, a poor player with a lot of money to lose and in a hurry to lose it.
- EDGE - An advantage over an opponent, either specific or subjective.
- POSITION - One's location in the betting sequence, relative to the players still in the hand. First position is first to act.
- MUCK - [1] A collection of face-down cards near the dealer composed of discards, i.e., folded hands, burns and discards for drawing purposes. [2] To throw one's cards into the muck, thus folding.
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